8. In truth, taking up the blood, he sprinkled it on the people, and he said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has formed with you concerning all these words."
9. And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ascended.
10. And they saw the God of Israel. And under his feet was something like a work of sapphire stone, or like the sky, when it is serene.
11. Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the sons of Israel who were at a distance. And they saw God, and they ate and drank.
12. Then the Lord said to Moses: "Ascend to me on the mountain, and be there. And I will give to you tablets of stone, and the law and the commandments that I have written. So may you teach them."
13. Moses rose up, with Joshua his minister. And Moses, ascending on the mountain of God,
14. said to the elders: "Wait here, until we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you. If any question arises, you shall refer it to them."
15. And when Moses had ascended, a cloud covered the mountain.