1Depois Deus disse a Moisés: “Subam o monte para encontrar-se com o SENHOR, você e Arão, Nadabe e Abiú, e setenta autoridades de Israel. Adorem à distância.2Somente Moisés se aproximará do SENHOR; os outros não. O povo também não subirá com ele”.3Quando Moisés se dirigiu ao povo e transmitiu-lhes todas as palavras e ordenanças do SENHOR, eles responderam em uníssono: “Faremos tudo o que o SENHOR ordenou”.4Moisés, então, escreveu tudo o que o SENHOR dissera. Na manhã seguinte Moisés levantou-se, construiu um altar ao pé do monte e ergueu doze colunas de pedra, representando as doze tribos de Israel.5Em seguida, enviou jovens israelitas, que ofereceram holocaustos e novilhos como sacrifícios de comunhão ao SENHOR.6Moisés colocou metade do sangue em tigelas e a outra metade derramou sobre o altar.7Em seguida, leu o Livro da Aliança para o povo, e eles disseram: “Faremos fielmente tudo o que o SENHOR ordenou”.8Depois Moisés aspergiu o sangue sobre o povo, dizendo: “Este é o sangue da aliança que o SENHOR fez com vocês de acordo com todas essas palavras”.9Moisés, Arão, Nadabe, Abiú e setenta autoridades de Israel subiram10e viram o Deus de Israel, sob cujos pés havia algo semelhante a um pavimento de safira, como o céu em seu esplendor.11Deus, porém, não estendeu a mão para punir esses líderes do povo de Israel; eles viram a Deus, e depois comeram e beberam.
Moisés na Presença de Deus
12Disse o SENHOR a Moisés: “Suba o monte, venha até mim e fique aqui; e lhe darei as tábuas de pedra com a lei e os mandamentos que escrevi para a instrução do povo”.13Moisés partiu com Josué, seu auxiliar, e subiu ao monte de Deus.14Disse ele às autoridades de Israel: “Esperem-nos aqui, até que retornemos. Arão e Hur ficarão com vocês; quem tiver alguma questão para resolver, poderá procurá-los”.15Quando Moisés subiu, a nuvem cobriu o monte,16e a glória do SENHOR permaneceu sobre o monte Sinai. Durante seis dias a nuvem cobriu o monte. No sétimo dia o SENHOR chamou Moisés do interior da nuvem.17Aos olhos dos israelitas, a glória do SENHOR parecia um fogo consumidor no topo do monte.18Moisés entrou na nuvem e foi subindo o monte. E permaneceu no monte quarenta dias e quarenta noites.
1Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. (Ex 6:23; Ex 28:1; Nm 11:16)2Moses alone shall come near to the Lord, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.” (Ex 24:13; Ex 24:15; Ex 24:18)3Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules.[1] And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.” (Ex 19:8; Ex 21:1; Dt 5:27)4And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Gn 28:18; Gn 31:45; Ex 23:24; Dt 31:9)5And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord.6And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. (Hb 9:18)7Then 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.” (Ex 24:3)8And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.” (Hb 9:19; Hb 13:20; 1 Pe 1:2)9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, (Ex 24:1; Nm 11:16)10and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. (Gn 32:30; Ex 33:20; Ex 33:23; Jz 13:22; Is 6:1; Is 6:5; Ez 1:26; Ez 10:1; Jo 1:18; 1 Tm 6:16; 1 Jo 4:12; 1 Jo 4:20)11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. (Gn 31:54; Ex 18:12)12The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” (Ex 24:2; Ex 24:15; Ex 24:18; Ex 31:18; Ex 32:15; Dt 5:22)13So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. (Ex 3:1; Ex 17:9; Ex 33:11)14And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.” (Ex 17:10; Ex 17:12; Ex 31:2)15Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. (Ex 19:9; Ex 19:16; Mt 17:5)16The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. (Ex 16:10; Lv 9:23; Nm 14:10; Nm 16:42)17Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. (Ex 3:2; Ex 19:18; Dt 4:36; Hb 12:18; Hb 12:29)18Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9; Dt 9:18; Dt 9:25; Dt 10:10)