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He sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed oxen as offerings of well-being to the Lord.
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Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.
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Then he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient."
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Moses took the blood and dashed it on the people, and said, "See the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words."
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Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,
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and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.
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God did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; also they beheld God, and they ate and drank.
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The Lord said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction."
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So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
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To the elders he had said, "Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may go to them."
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Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.