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Moshe took half of the blood and put it in basins; the other half of the blood he splashed against the altar.
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Then he took the book of the covenant and read it aloud, so that the people could hear; and they responded, "Everything that ADONAI has spoken, we will do and obey."
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Moshe took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant which ADONAI has made with you in accordance with all these words."
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Moshe, Aharon, Nadav, Avihu and seventy of the leaders went up;
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and they saw the God of Isra'el. Under his feet was something like a sapphire stone pavement as clear as the sky itself.
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He did not reach out his hand against these notables of Isra'el; on the contrary, they saw God, even as they were eating and drinking.
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ADONAI said to Moshe, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay there. I will give you the stone tablets with the Torah and the mitzvot I have written on them, so that you can teach them."
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Moshe got up, also Y'hoshua his assistant; and Moshe went up onto the mountain of God.
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To the leaders he said, "Stay here for us, until we come back to you. See, Aharon and Hur are with you; whoever has a problem should turn to them."(S: Maftir)
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Moshe went up onto the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. (A: Maftir)
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The glory of ADONAI stayed on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moshe out of the cloud.