6. Moses took half of the blood and put it in large bowls; the other half he splashed on the altar.
7. Taking the book of the covenant, he read it aloud to the people, who answered, “All that the Lord has said, we will hear and do.”
8. Then he took the blood and splashed it on the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”
9. Moses then went up with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel,
10. and they beheld the God of Israel. Under his feet there appeared to be sapphire tilework, as clear as the sky itself.
11. Yet he did not lay a hand on these chosen Israelites. They saw God, and they ate and drank.
12. The Lord said to Moses: Come up to me on the mountain and, while you are there, I will give you the stone tablets on which I have written the commandments intended for their instruction.
13. So Moses set out with Joshua, his assistant, and went up to the mountain of God.
14. He told the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. Anyone with a complaint should approach them.”
15. Moses went up the mountain. Then the cloud covered the mountain.