إبرام العهد
1 وقالَ اللهُ لموسى: «إصعَدْ إليَّ، أنتَ وهرونُ ونادابُ وأبـيهو وسَبعونَ مِنْ شُيوخِ بَني إِسرائيلَ، واسْجُدوا مِنْ بعيدٍ. 2 وتقتَرِبُ أنتَ وحدَكَ إليَّ وهُم لا يقتَرِبونَ، وأمَّا الشَّعبُ فلا يصعَدُوا معَكَ».
3 فجاءَ موسى وأخبَرَ الشَّعبَ بِـجميعِ كلامِ الربِّ وأحكامِهِ، فأجابَهُ جميعُ الشَّعبِ بِصوتٍ واحدٍ: «كُلُّ ما تكلَّمَ بهِ الرّبُّ نعمَلُ بهِ». 4 فكَتبَ موسى جميعَ كلامِ الرّبِّ، وبَكَّرَ في الصَّباحِ، وبَنى مذبَحا في أسفَلِ الجبَلِ، ورفَعَ اثنَي عشَرَ عَمودا بِــعَدَدِ أسباطِ بَني إِسرائيلَ. 5 وأرسَلَ شُبَّانا مِنْ بَني إِسرائيلَ فأصعَدوا مُحرَقاتٍ وذبَحوا ذبائِـحَ سلامَةٍ مِنَ العُجولِ للرّبِّ. 6 فأخذَ موسى نِصفَ الدَّمِ وصَبَّهُ في أجرانٍ ورَشَّ النِّصفَ الآخَرَ على المذبَحِ. 7 وأخذَ كِتابَ العَهدِ وتَلاهُ على مَسامِـعِ الشَّعبِ، فقالوا: «كُلُّ ما تكَّلَمَ الرّبُّ بهِ نعمَلُهُ ونَأتَمِرُ بهِ». 8 فأخذَ موسى الدَّمَ ورَشَّهُ على الشَّعبِ وقالَ: «هذا هوَ دَمُ العَهدِ الّذي عاهَدَكُمُ الرّبُّ بهِ على جميعِ هذِهِ الأقوالِ».
9 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ موسى وهرونُ ونادابُ وأبـيهو وسَبْعونَ مِنْ شُيوخِ بَني إِسرائيلَ، 10 فرَأوا إلهَ بَني إِسرائيلَ وتحتَ قدَمَيهِ شِبهُ رَصيفٍ مِنَ الياقوتِ الأزرَقِ، نَقيٍّ كالسَّماءِ ذاتِها. 11 ولكِنَّهُ لم يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ علَيهِم لأنَّهُم رَأوهُ. ثُمَّ أكلوا وشرِبوا معا.
صعود موسى إِلى الجبل
12 وقالَ الرّبُّ لِموسى: «إصعَدِ الجبَلَ إليَّ وانْتَظِرْ هُناكَ حتّى أُعطِيَكَ لوحَي الحِجارَةِ وعلَيهِما الشَّريعَةُ والوصايا الّتي كَتَبتُها لِتَعليمِهِم». 13 فقامَ موسى ومعَهُ يشوعُ خادِمُهُ وصَعِدَ إلى جبَلِ اللهِ. 14 وقالَ لِشُيوخِ بَني إِسرائيلَ: «إنتَظِرونا هُنا حتّى نرجِـعَ إليكُم. وها هرونُ وحورُ معَكُم، فمَنْ كانَت لَه دعوى فليَذهَبْ إليهِما».
15 وصَعِدَ موسى الجبَلَ، فغطَّى السَّحابُ الجبَلَ. 16 وحَلَّ مَجْدُ الرّبِّ على جبَلِ سيناءَ وغَطَّاهُ السَّحابُ سِتَّةَ أيّامٍ. وفي اليومِ السَّابِـعِ دعا اللهُ موسى مِنْ وسَطِ السَّحابِ. 17 وكانَ منظَرُ مَجدِ الرّبِّ كنارٍ آكِلَةٍ في رأسِ الجبَلِ أمامَ عُيونِ بَني إِسرائيلَ. 18 فدَخلَ موسى في وسَطِ السَّحابِ وصَعِدَ الجبَلَ وأقامَ بهِ أربعينَ يوما وأربَعينَ ليلةً.
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 ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
3 ¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on 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 hath said will we do, and be obedient. 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.
9 ¶ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 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. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
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. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount 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. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 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. 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. 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.