Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship afar off.
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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance,
2 And Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
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but Moses alone is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”
3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rights, and all the people answered with one voice and said, All the words which the LORD has said we will do.
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When Moses went and told the people all the LORD’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the LORD has said we will do.”
4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD and rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mount and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent the young men of the sons of Israel, who had offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of bullocks unto the LORD.
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Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD.
6 And Moses took half of the blood and put <em>it</em> in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
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Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar.
7 And he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of the people, and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and we will hear.
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Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey.”
8 Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled <em>it</em> on the people and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.
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Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,
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Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up
10 and they saw the God of Israel; and <em>there was</em> under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone like unto the heaven when it is clear.
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and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky.
11 But he did not lay his hand upon the princes of the sons of Israel, and they saw God and ate and drank.
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But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
12 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount and wait there, and I will give thee tables of stone and the law and commandments which I have written to teach them.
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The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua, and Moses went up into the mount of God.
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Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God.
14 And he said unto the elders, wait here for us until we come again unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur <em>are</em> with you; if anyone has any matters to settle, let him come unto them.
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He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.”
15 Then Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
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When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days, and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
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and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD <em>was</em> like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the sons of Israel.
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To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mount, and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
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Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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