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8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath 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 went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
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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 there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
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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 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
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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 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest 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, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, 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 And 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 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 was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children 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 went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him 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.
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