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109 National separation. Covenant made EXODUS 23:28–24:15
all the people among whom you
come, and I shall indeed give the
back of the neck of all your enemies
to you. a 28 And I will send
the feeling of dejection ahead
of you, b and it will simply drive
the Hivites, the Canaan·ites and
the Hittites out from before
you. c 29 Ishallnotdrivethem
out from before you in one year,
that the land may not become a
desolate waste and the wild
beasts of the field really multiply
against you. d 30 Little by little
Ishalldrivethemoutfrombefore
you, until you become fruitful
and really take possession of
the land. e
31 “And I will fix your boundary
from the Red Sea to the
sea of the Phi·listines and from
the wilderness to the River; f becauseIshallgiveintoYOUR
hand
the inhabitants of the land, and
you will certainly drive them out
from before yourself. g 32 You
are not to conclude a covenant
with them or their gods. h
33 They should not dwell in your
land, that they may not cause you
to sin against me. In case you
should serve their gods, it would
become a snare to you.” i
24
And to Moses he said: “Go
up to Jehovah, you and
Aaron, Nadab and A·bihu j and
seventy k of the older men of Israel,
and YOU must bow down from
a distance. 2 And Moses by
himself must approach Jehovah;
but they should not approach,
and the people should not go up
with him.” l
3 Then Moses came and related
to the people all the words
of Jehovah and all the judicial
decisions, m and all the people
answered with one voice and
said: “All the words that Jehovah
has spoken we are willing
to do.” n 4 Accordingly Moses
wrote down all the words of
Jehovah. o Then he got up early
in the morning and built at the
CHAP. 23
a De 7:23
b De 7:20
Jos 2:11
c Jos 24:11
d De 7:22
e De 9:4
Ps 80:8
f Ge 15:18
De 1:7
Jos 1:4
1Ki 4:21
g Jg 1:4
Jg 11:21
h Ex 34:12
Nu 25:2
De 7:2
2Co 6:14
i Jos 23:13
Jg 1:28
Jg 2:3
Ps 106:36
CHAP. 24
j Le 10:1
1Ch 6:3
k Nu 11:16
l Ex 20:21
Nu 12:8
m Ex 21:1
De 4:1
Heb 8:6
n De 5:27
Jos 24:22
o Ex 34:27
De 31:9
Second Col.
a Jos 4:8
b Le 3:1
Le 7:11
c Heb 9:18
d Le 17:11
e Ex 34:27
f De 31:11
Ac 13:15
g Ex 19:8
h Heb 9:19
Heb 12:24
i Ga 3:19
Ga 3:24
Col 2:17
Heb 9:20
Heb 10:1
j Ex 24:11
Isa 6:1
Joh 1:18
k Eze 1:26
Re 4:3
l Ex 24:1
m Nu 12:6
n Ge 31:54
Ex 18:12
1Co 10:18
o De 5:22
Mt 5:19
p Ex 24:2
Nu 11:28
q Ex 32:1
r Ex 17:10
s Ex 18:26
t Ex 19:9
foot of the mountain an altar
and twelve pillars corresponding
with the twelve tribes of Israel. a
5 Afterthathesentyoungmen
of the sons of Israel and they offered
up burnt offerings and sacrificed
bulls as sacrifices, as communion
b sacrifices to Jehovah.
6 Then Moses took half the
blood and put it in bowls, c and
half the blood he sprinkled upon
the altar. d 7 Finally he took the
book of the covenant e and read it
in the ears of the people. f Then
they said: “All that Jehovah has
spoken we are willing to do and
be obedient.” g 8 So Moses took
the blood and sprinkled it upon
the people h and said: “Here is the
blood of the covenant i that Jehovah
has concluded with YOU as
respects all these words.”
9 AndMosesandAaron,Nadab
and A·bihu and seventy of
the older men of Israel proceeded
to go up, 10 and they got to
see the God of Israel. j And under
his feet there was what seemed
like a work of sapphire flagstones
and like the very heavens for purity.
k 11 And he did not put
out his hand against the distinguished
men of the sons of Israel,
l but they got a vision of the
true God m and ate and drank. n
12 Jehovah now said to Moses:
“Come up to me in the
mountain and stay there, as I
want to give you the stone tablets
and the law and the commandment
that I must write
in order to teach them.” o 13 So
Moses and Joshua his minister
gotupandMoseswentupinto
the mountain of the true God. p
14 But to the older men he had
said: “YOU wait for us in this
place until we return to YOU. q
And, look! Aaron and Hur r are
with YOU. Whoever has a case
at law, let him approach them.” s
15 Thus Moses went up into the
mountain while the cloud was
covering the mountain. t