Exodus 24:1-18
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MOSES TELLS ISRAEL THE WORDS OF THE LORD (24:1-8):
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After speaking with Moses through the last several chapters, God told him to return to the people and bring Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders of the people to come and “worship from afar.”
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Moses went and told the people all the commands and laws of the Lord.
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They responded, “All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.”
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Moses wrote down all the words of God.
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In the morning, he built an altar at the foot of Mount Sinai and erected 12 pillars which represented the 12 tribes of Israel.
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Oxen were sacrificed on the altar and half of their blood was thrown against the altar and the other half was put in basins.
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Moses read the laws of God to the people, threw the blood on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
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MOSES, AARON, NADAB, ABIHU, AND THE 70 ELDERS MEET WITH GOD (24:9-18):
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These 74 men partially ascended Mount Sinai and “saw the God of Israel.”
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The text says there was a “pavement of sapphire stone under His feet.”
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The men ate and drank on the mountain but didn’t approach God.
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God called for Moses to go up further on the mountain and meet with Him so He could give him tablets of stone whereon were written the “law and the commandments.”
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Moses took his assistant Joshua up higher on the mountain which was covered by a cloud.
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God’s glory dwelt on the mountain for 6 days covered by the cloud.
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On the 7th day, God called Moses and he went into the cloud to meet with God and he remained there 40 days.
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“Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of all the people of Israel.”
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