Exodus 24 Cross References - NSB

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »You and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders come up the mountain to me and worship at a distance. ² »Moses alone may come near Jehovah. The others may not. The people must not come along with Moses.« ³ Moses told the people all Jehovah’s words and legal decisions. Then all the people answered with one voice: »We will do everything Jehovah told us to do.« ⁴ Moses wrote down all Jehovah’s words. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He erected twelve sacred stones for the twelve tribes of Israel. ⁵ Moses sent young men to burn sacrifices to Jehovah. They sacrificed some cattle as peace offerings. ⁶ Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls. The other half he threw against the altar. ⁷ He took the book of the covenant, in which Jehovah’s commandments were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said: »We will obey Jehovah. We will do everything that he has commanded.« ⁸ Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them: With this blood Jehovah makes his agreement with you. ⁹ Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the seventy leaders, went up the mountain. ¹⁰ They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire. It was as bright as the sky. ¹¹ Even though these leaders of Israel saw God, he did not punish them. So they ate and drank. ¹² Jehovah said to Moses: »Come up on the mountain and stay here for a while. I will give you the two stone tablets on which I have written the laws that my people must obey.« ¹³ Moses and Joshua his assistant got ready. Moses started up the mountain to meet with God. ¹⁴ He said to the elders: »Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. Anyone with a legal matter should approach them.« ¹⁵ Moses went up to the mountain. The cloud covered the mountain. ¹⁶ The glory of Jehovah rested on Mount Sinai. The cloud covered it for six days. God called to Moses on the seventh day. He spoke from inside the cloud. ¹⁷ To the eyes of the Israelites the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain. ¹⁸ Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain. He was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

¹³ She called the name of Jehovah, who spoke to her: »You are the God who sees me, for she said, ‘I have not seen the one who sees me.’«

¹⁸ »Abraham will definitely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him.

⁵ He said to the servants: »Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there and worship. Then we will come back to you.«

¹⁸ Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured oil on top of it.

²² »This stone I placed as a marker will be the house of God. I will certainly give you a tenth of everything you give me.«

⁴⁵ Jacob took a stone and set it up as a marker.

⁵⁴ He offered a sacrifice on the mountain. He invited his relatives to eat the meal with him. They ate with him and spent the night on the mountain.

²⁴ Then Jacob was by himself. A man was fighting with him till dawn. ²⁵ The man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob. He gave him a blow in the hollow part of his thigh, so that his leg was damaged. ²⁶ He said to him: »Let me go now, for the dawn is near.« But Jacob said: »I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.« ²⁷ Then he asked: »What is your name?« And he said, »Jacob.« ²⁸ The man said: »Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel (He Struggles With God), because you have struggled with God and with men and you have won.« ²⁹ Jacob said: »Please tell me your name.« The man answered: »Why do you ask for my name?« Then he blessed Jacob there. ³⁰ Jacob named that place Peniel (Face of God), because he said: »I have seen God face to face, yet my life was saved.«

³⁰ Jacob named that place Peniel (Face of God), because he said: »I have seen God face to face, yet my life was saved.« ³¹ The sun rose as he passed Penuel. He was limping because of his thigh. ³² Therefore, even today the people of Israel do not eat the muscle of the thigh (the sinew) attached to the hip socket. This is because God touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh at the muscle.

⁵ Joseph was already in Egypt. The total number of Jacob’s descendants was seventy.

¹ One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain. ² There the angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire coming from the middle of a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire but that it was not burning up.

⁵ God said: »Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground. ⁶ »I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.« Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

²³ Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

²⁹ Moses said to him: »As soon as I go out of the city, I will lift up my hands in prayer to Jehovah. The thunder will stop. There will be no more hail. Thus you may know that the earth belongs to Jehovah.

³³ Moses left the royal palace and the city. He lifted his arms in prayer to Jehovah. The thunder, hail, and drenching rain stopped.

⁷ »‘Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten.

²² »Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin. Apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts. No one shall go outside the door of his house until morning.

¹⁰ Aaron was speaking to them, when everyone looked out toward the desert and saw the bright glory of Jehovah in a cloud.

⁹ Moses said to Joshua: »Choose some of our men. Then fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill. I will hold in my hand the staff God told me to take along.« ¹⁰ Joshua did as Moses told him. They fought the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill.

¹⁰ Joshua did as Moses told him. They fought the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill. ¹¹ As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel would win, but as soon as he put his hands down, the Amalekites would start to win. ¹² Finally, Moses was so tired that Aaron and Hur got a rock for him to sit on. They stood beside him and supported his arms in the same position until sunset.

¹² Finally, Moses was so tired that Aaron and Hur got a rock for him to sit on. They stood beside him and supported his arms in the same position until sunset. ¹³ That is how Joshua defeated the Amalekites. ¹⁴ After the fight Jehovah said to Moses: »Write an account of this victory and read it to Joshua. I want the Amalekites to be forgotten forever.«

¹² Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

²⁵ and chose capable men from among all the Israelites. He appointed them as leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. ²⁶ They judged the people on a permanent basis. The difficult cases were taken to Moses but they decided the smaller disputes themselves.

⁸ All the people answered together: »We will do everything Jehovah has said.« So Moses brought their answer back to Jehovah. ⁹ Jehovah said to Moses: »I will come to you in a thick cloud. The people will hear me speaking with you and will believe you from now on.« Moses gave Jehovah the people’s answer.

¹¹ »They should be ready in three days. I will descend to Mount Sinai, where all of them can see me.

¹⁶ On the morning of the third day there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain. A very loud trumpet sounded. It caused all the people in the camp to tremble.

¹⁸ Mount Sinai was all in smoke because Jehovah descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace. The whole mountain quaked violently!

²⁰ Jehovah descended on the top of Mount Sinai. Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain. Moses climbed to the peak of Mount Sinai. ²¹ Jehovah spoke to Moses: »Go down and warn the people. They should not break through to gaze at Jehovah. Many of them would perish. ²² »Let the priests who come near to Jehovah consecrate (purify) themselves, or else Jehovah will destroy them.«

²⁴ Jehovah replied to him: »You and Aaron come up to me. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to Jehovah, or he will destroy some of them.«

¹⁰ »The seventh day is a Sabbath dedicated to Jehovah your God. Do not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.

²¹ But the people continued to stand at a distance. Only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.

²⁴ »Make an altar of earth for me. Sacrifice your sheep and your cattle as offerings to be completely burned and as peace offerings. In every place that I set-aside for you to worship me, I will come to you and bless you. ²⁵ »If you make an altar of stone for me, do not build it out of cut stones. This is because when you use a chisel on stones, you make them unfit for my use. ²⁶ »Do not build an altar for me with steps leading up to it. If you do, you will expose yourselves as you go up the steps.«

¹ »These are the ordinances you should set before them. ² »When you buy a Hebrew slave he will be your slave for six years. In the seventh year he may leave as a free man without paying for his freedom. ³ »If he was single at the time you bought him he alone must be set free. If he was married at that time, both he and his wife must be given their freedom. ⁴ »If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master. He shall go out alone. ⁵ »What if the slave loves his wife and children so much that he will not leave without them? ⁶ »He must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship. His owner will punch a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life. ⁷ »When a man sells his daughter into slavery, she will not go free the way male slaves do. ⁸ »If she does not please the master who has chosen her as a wife, he must let her be bought back by one of her close relatives. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has treated her unfairly. ⁹ »If a man buys a female slave to give to his son, he should treat her like a daughter. ¹⁰ »If a man takes a second wife, he must continue to give his first wife the same amount of food and clothing and the same rights that she had before. ¹¹ »If he fails to do any of these things, she should be given her freedom without cost. ¹² »Death is the punishment for murder. ¹³ »If you did not intend to kill someone and I, Jehovah, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside. ¹⁴ »If a man schemes and kills a man deliberately remove him from my altar and put him to death. ¹⁵ »He who strikes (beats) his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. ¹⁶ »Whoever kidnaps another person must be put to death regardless of whether he has sold the kidnapped person or still has him. ¹⁷ »Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death. ¹⁸ »When men quarrel and one hits the other with a rock or with his fist and injures him so that he has to stay in bed you must do this. ¹⁹ »If the injured man is able to stand up again and walk around outside with a cane, the one who hit him must not be punished. He must pay the injured man for the loss of his time and for all his medical expenses. ²⁰ »If a slave owner takes a stick and beats his slave, whether male or female, and the slave dies on the spot, the owner is to be punished. ²¹ »If the slave lives a few days after the beating, you are not to be punished. After all, you have already lost the services of that slave who was your property. ²² »When a pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage as the result of an injury caused by someone who is fighting, if she is not badly hurt, the one who injured her must pay whatever fine her husband demands and the judges approve. ²³ »The payment will be for life if she is seriously injured,

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »You and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders come up the mountain to me and worship at a distance. ² »Moses alone may come near Jehovah. The others may not. The people must not come along with Moses.« ³ Moses told the people all Jehovah’s words and legal decisions. Then all the people answered with one voice: »We will do everything Jehovah told us to do.« ⁴ Moses wrote down all Jehovah’s words. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He erected twelve sacred stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.

⁶ Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls. The other half he threw against the altar. ⁷ He took the book of the covenant, in which Jehovah’s commandments were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said: »We will obey Jehovah. We will do everything that he has commanded.« ⁸ Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them: With this blood Jehovah makes his agreement with you. ⁹ Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the seventy leaders, went up the mountain.

⁹ Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the seventy leaders, went up the mountain. ¹⁰ They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire. It was as bright as the sky.

¹³ Moses and Joshua his assistant got ready. Moses started up the mountain to meet with God.

¹⁵ Moses went up to the mountain. The cloud covered the mountain.

¹⁷ To the eyes of the Israelites the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain. ¹⁸ Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain. He was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

¹ Jehovah continued: »Bring your brother Aaron and his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar to you from all the Israelites. They will serve me as priests.

²¹ »The stones represent the twelve sons of Israel, by name, each stone engraved like a signet ring with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

¹⁶ »Slaughter the ram. Take its blood and sprinkle it all around the altar.

²⁰ »Kill it and take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the rest of the blood all around the altar.

¹⁸ When God finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.

¹ The people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain. They gathered around Aaron. They said to him: »We do not know what has happened to Moses, the man who led us out of Egypt. Make gods to lead us.«

¹⁵ Moses went back down the mountain. He carried the two stone tablets with the commandments written on both sides. ¹⁶ God made the tablets and engraved the commandments on them. ¹⁷ Joshua heard the people shouting and said to Moses: »I hear the sound of war in the camp.«

¹¹ Jehovah would speak with Moses in person (intimately) (face to face) just as someone speaks with a friend. Moses would then return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.

²⁰ But he said: »You cannot see my face, because no one may see me and live.«

²⁰ But he said: »You cannot see my face, because no one may see me and live.« ²¹ Then Jehovah said: »Look, there is a place near me. Stand by this rocky cliff. ²² »When my glory passes by, I will put you in a crevice in the cliff and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. ²³ »Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back, but my face must not be seen.«

²³ »Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back, but my face must not be seen.«

² »Be ready in the morning. Come up on Mount Sinai and present yourself to me there on top of the mountain.

²⁸ Moses was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Ten Words).

¹ Jehovah (YHWH) called to Moses. He spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, He said: ² »Tell the Israelites: ‘When you bring an offering to Jehovah, bring your offering of animals from the herd or the flock. ³ »‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, it should be a male without defect. He shall offer it at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah. ⁴ »‘He should lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering. It may then be accepted for him to make atonement with Jehovah on his behalf. ⁵ »‘Slaughter the bull in Jehovah’s presence. Aaron's sons, the priests, will offer the blood. They will throw it against all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

⁵ »‘Slaughter the bull in Jehovah’s presence. Aaron's sons, the priests, will offer the blood. They will throw it against all sides of the altar that is at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. ⁶ »‘Skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces. ⁷ »‘The sons of the priest Aaron will start a fire on the altar and lay the wood on the fire. ⁸ »‘Aaron's sons, the priests, will also lay the pieces, the head, and the fat on top of the wood burning on the altar. ⁹ »‘Wash the internal organs and legs. The priest will then burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Jehovah. ¹⁰ »‘Should you are offer one of your sheep or goats; it must be a male without any defects. ¹¹ »‘Slaughter it on the north side of the altar. The priests should throw its blood on all four sides of the altar.

¹¹ »‘Slaughter it on the north side of the altar. The priests should throw its blood on all four sides of the altar. ¹² »‘After you cut it up, the officiating priest will lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire. ¹³ »‘Wash the internal organs and the hind legs. The priest will present the sacrifice to Jehovah and burn all of it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to Jehovah. ¹⁴ »‘If you are offering a bird as a burnt offering, it must be a dove or a pigeon. ¹⁵ »‘A priest will take the bird to the copper altar. He will wring its neck and put its head on the fire. Then he will drain out its blood on one side of the altar, ¹⁶ »‘Remove the bird's crop with its feathers, and throw them on the ash heap at the east side of the altar. ¹⁷ »‘Finally, he will take the bird by its wings, tear it partially open, and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases Jehovah.

¹ »‘If your sacrifice is a fellowship offering of cattle in Jehovah’s presence, it must be a male or female animal that has no defects. ² »‘Put your hand on the head of the animal and kill it at the entrance of the Tent of Jehovah’s presence. Then Aaron’s sons the priests must throw the blood against all four sides of the altar.

² »‘Put your hand on the head of the animal and kill it at the entrance of the Tent of Jehovah’s presence. Then Aaron’s sons the priests must throw the blood against all four sides of the altar. ³ »‘Offer all of the fat on the animal's insides as a sacrifice of the peace offering made by fire to Jehovah. ⁴ »‘Also use the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. ⁵ »‘Some of the priests will lay these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke with a smell that pleases me, together with the sacrifice that is offered to Jehovah. ⁶ »‘If your sacrifice is a fellowship offering of sheep to Jehovah, you must bring a male or female animal that has no defects. ⁷ »‘If your offering is a lamb, you must bring it to Jehovah. ⁸ »‘Place your hand on the animal's head. Slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Aaron's sons will throw the blood against the altar on all sides.

⁸ »‘Place your hand on the animal's head. Slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Aaron's sons will throw the blood against the altar on all sides. ⁹ »‘Take the fat from the fellowship offering and offer it by fire to Jehovah. Remove all the fat from the tail and the fat that covers the internal organs. ¹⁰ »‘Remove the two kidneys with the fat on them along with the lobe of the liver. ¹¹ »‘The priest must burn the offering on the altar. It is food, an offering by fire to Jehovah. ¹² »‘When you offer a goat, offer it before Jehovah. ¹³ »‘Put your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent. The priests will throw its blood against all four sides of the altar. ¹⁴ »‘Offer all of the fat on the animal's insides. ¹⁵ »‘Also the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys. ¹⁶ »‘The priest will burn them on the altar. It is food, an offering by fire to Jehovah. It is a soothing aroma. All the fat belongs to Jehovah. ¹⁷ »‘This is a long lasting law for generations to come wherever you live. Never eat any fat or blood.’«

⁶ dip a finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times toward the sacred chest behind the curtain.

¹¹ »‘These are the instructions for the fellowship offering that you must bring to Jehovah. ¹² »‘If you offer it as a thank offering, you must also bring rings of unleavened bread mixed with oil, wafers of unleavened bread brushed with oil, and loaves made from flour mixed well with oil. ¹³ »‘In addition to these rings of bread, you must bring leavened bread (with yeast) along with your fellowship offering of thanksgiving. ¹⁴ »‘He will present one of every offering as a contribution to Jehovah. It will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. ¹⁵ »‘The flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings will be eaten on the day of his offering. He should not leave any of it over until morning. ¹⁶ »‘If the sacrifice of his offering is a votive or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice as well as on the next day. ¹⁷ »‘Anything left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned. ¹⁸ »‘If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted. It will not be considered for his benefit. It will be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity. ¹⁹ »‘The flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten. It should be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. ²⁰ »‘The person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belong to Jehovah, in his uncleanness, that person will be cut off from his people. ²¹ »‘When someone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or any unclean detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Jehovah, that person shall be cut off from his people.’«

³⁰ Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar. He sprinkled it on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes. In this way he dedicated Aaron, his clothes, his sons, and their clothes.

²³ Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting. As soon as they came out, they blessed the people. Then Jehovah’s glory appeared to all the people.

¹ Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took an incense burner. They put burning coals and incense in it. Then in Jehovah’s presence they offered this unauthorized fire. ² A fire flashed from Jehovah and burned them. They died in the presence of Jehovah.

⁵ »Take flour and bake twelve rings of bread. Each ring will contain four quarts of flour.

¹⁶ Jehovah replied to Moses: »Assemble seventy respected men who are recognized as elders of the people. Bring them to me at the tent of my presence, and tell them to stand there beside you.

²⁴ Thus Moses went out and told the people what Jehovah said. He assembled seventy of the leaders and placed them around the tent. ²⁵ Jehovah came down in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the spirit he had given to Moses and gave it to the seventy elders. When the Spirit came on them, they began to shout like prophets, but not for long.

²⁸ Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ helper since he was a young man, spoke up and said to Moses: »Stop them, sir!«

⁵ Then he said to Korah and all his followers: »In the morning Jehovah will show who belongs to him, who is holy. He will have that person come near him. Only the person Jehovah chooses will be allowed to come near him.

¹⁸ »The well dug by princes and by leaders of the people, dug with a royal scepter and with their walking sticks. They moved from the wilderness to Mattanah,

¹⁰ The whole congregation threatened to stone them to death. Then suddenly the people saw the dazzling light of Jehovah’s presence (glory) (splendor) appear over the tent.

⁴² The congregation came together to confront Moses and Aaron. When they turned toward the tent of meeting, they saw the smoke covering it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared.

² »Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them. Get one from the leader of each of their tribes. Write each man’s name on his staff.

¹ »Israel, listen to these laws and teachings! If you obey them you will live! Go in and take the land that Jehovah the God of your fathers is giving you.

⁵ »I have taught you laws and rules as Jehovah my God commanded me. You must obey them when you enter the land and take possession of it.

¹⁴ »Jehovah told me to teach you all the laws that you are to obey in the land that you are about to invade and occupy.

⁹ »When I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the tablets of the promise that Jehovah made to you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights without food or water.

¹⁸ »I fell down before Jehovah. Like the first, forty days and nights I did not eat or drink. This was because of all your sin you committed in doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger.

²⁵ »So I fell down prostrate before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights. I did this because Jehovah said he would destroy you.

¹⁰ »I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time. Jehovah listened to me this time also. Jehovah was not willing to destroy you.

¹ »Love Jehovah your God, and obey all his laws, regulations and commandments.

⁷ »You and your households should eat there before Jehovah your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings that Jehovah your God has blessed.

²⁴ »For Jehovah your God is a consuming fire, even a totally demanding zealous God. (He requires exclusive devotion!)

³³ »Did people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

³⁶ »He made you hear his voice out of heaven. That way he could instruct (teach) (correct) (discipline) you. He showed you his great fire on the earth. You heard his words from the middle of the fire.

⁴⁵ After they came out of Egypt they were in the valley east of the Jordan River he gave them the laws.

¹ Moses called all the people of Israel, and said: »Hear, O Israel, the regulations and laws I declare to you today. Learn them and obey them!

²² »Jehovah spoke to us when we gathered on the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the dark fiery cloud. Jehovah gave us these words, and only these. Then he wrote them on two flat tablets of stone and gave them to me.

²⁷ »‘They spoke to Moses: ‘Moses, go and listen to everything that Jehovah our God says. Then tell us whatever Jehovah our God tells you. We will listen and obey.’ ²⁸ »Jehovah heard the words you spoke to me. He told me: ‘I have heard what the people said to you. Everything they said was good.

³¹ But you stay here with me. I will give you all the commands, laws, and rules that you must teach them to obey in the land I will give them to possess.

¹ »These are the commands, decrees and laws Jehovah your God commanded me to teach you. Obey them after you enter the land and take possession of it.

⁹ Moses wrote this Law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah, and to all the elders of Israel.

¹¹ when all Israel comes to appear before Jehovah your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this Law in front of all Israel in their hearing. ¹² »Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the alien who is in your town. Assemble them that they may hear and learn and respect Jehovah your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this Law. ¹³ »Their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to respect Jehovah your God, as long as you live on the land you will possess when you cross the Jordan River.

² Take twelve men out of the people. Take a man out of every tribe. ³ Command them by saying: »Take twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm. Carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you stay tonight.«

⁸ The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan. This was just as Jehovah spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel. They carried them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there. ⁹ Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan River, in the place where the feet of the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant stood, and they are there to this day.

²⁰ Joshua set up the twelve stones they took out of the Jordan River, in Gilgal.

²² Joshua replied: »You are your own witnesses to the fact that you have chosen to serve Jehovah.« They said: »We are witnesses!«

²⁶ Joshua wrote these commands in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree in Jehovah’s sanctuary. ²⁷ He told the people: »This stone will serve as our witness. It has heard all the words that Jehovah spoke to us. So it will be a witness against you, to keep you from rebelling against your God.«

¹³ »Then he made those who remain to dominate over the nobles among the people. Jehovah made me have dominion over the mighty.

²¹ Manoah knew then that the man was Jehovah’s angel. He and his wife fell on their faces to the ground. ²² Manoah told his wife: »We will die, for we have seen God (a God-like being)!«

²² Manoah told his wife: »We will die, for we have seen God (a God-like being)!«

⁸ »Go ahead of me to Gilgal. I will come to sacrifice burnt offerings and make fellowship offerings. Wait seven days until I come to tell you what to do.«

⁸ They were starting to run off and leave him. Saul waited there seven days, just as Samuel had ordered him to do. But Samuel did not come. ⁹ Saul commanded: »Bring me some animals so we can offer sacrifices to please Jehovah. Then we can ask for his help.« Saul slaughtered one of the animals, ¹⁰ and just as he was placing it on the altar, Samuel arrived. So Saul went out to welcome him. ¹¹ Samuel asked: »What have you done?« Saul replied: »I saw the troops were scattering. You did not come when you said you would and the Philistines were assembling at Michmash. ¹² »So I thought the Philistines will come against me at Gilgal. I have not sought Jehovah’s favor. I felt pressured into sacrificing the burnt offering.« ¹³ »You did a foolish thing,« Samuel told Saul. »You did not follow the command of Jehovah your God. If you had, Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel from generation to generation (for a very long time).

³⁰ Ahijah took his new robe in his hands and tore it into twelve pieces.

⁸ So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

⁸ So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the elders and nobles who were in authority with Naboth.

¹⁹ Micaiah continued: »Now listen to what Jehovah says! I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.«

³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹ Then Solomon proclaimed: »Jehovah said he would live in a dark cloud.

²⁰ He took the company commanders, the nobles, the people’s governors, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from Jehovah’s Temple. They went through Upper Gate to the royal palace and seated the king on the royal throne. The nobles, the governors of the people, and

¹⁷ They gave a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep and four hundred lambs as offerings at the opening of this house of God. They gave twelve he goats as a sin offering for all of Israel. Twelve is the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁰ Ezra devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of Jehovah. He taught its decrees and laws in Israel.

¹⁶ The chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing. I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.

¹³ »You came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders.

⁷ He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept His testimonies and the commandment that he gave them.

¹ The wicked run when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

⁷ Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart for God now accepts your works.

¹ In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw (discerned) Jehovah seated on a throne, high and exalted. The train of his robe filled the Temple. ² Above him were seraphs, each with six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. ³ They called to one another: »Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of Hosts. All the earth is full of his glory.« ⁴ At the sound of their voices the foundations and thresholds trembled and the Temple was filled with smoke. ⁵ »Woe to me!« I cried. »I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips (a sinner) and I live among a people of unclean (filthy) lips (speech) (language). My eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.«

¹⁰ »Who is she who looks as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

¹⁵ He will startle (amaze) (astonish) many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.

²³ »‘I gave them this command: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. You will walk in all the way that I command you that it may be well with you.’« ²⁴ »Yet they did not obey or incline their ear. They walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They went backward and not forward.

³ Important people send their assistants out for water. They do not find any water at the cisterns. They return with their containers empty. They cover their heads, because they are ashamed and dishonored.

²¹ »Their leader will be someone from their own people. Their ruler will come from among them. I will bring him near, and he will come close to me. Who would dare to come near me?« Declares Jehovah.

³³ »This is the covenant (agreement) that I will make with Israel after those days,« declares Jehovah. »I will put my teachings (Law) inside them. I will write those teachings (Law) on their hearts (inner man) (mind) (will) (conscience) (understanding). I will be their God, and they will be my people.«

¹⁹ »Like a lion coming out of the thick woods along the Jordan River up to the green pastureland, I will come and make the Edomites run away suddenly from their country. Then the leader I choose will rule the nation. Who can be compared to me? Who would dare challenge me? What ruler could oppose me?«

²⁶ Above the dome over their heads was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire. On the throne was a figure that looked like a human. ²⁷ Then I saw what he looked like from the waist up. He looked like glowing copper with fire all around it. From the waist down he looked like fire. A bright light surrounded him.

²⁷ Then I saw what he looked like from the waist up. He looked like glowing copper with fire all around it. From the waist down he looked like fire. A bright light surrounded him. ²⁸ The brightness all around him looked like a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day. It was the likeness of Jehovah’s glory. When I saw it I immediately fell down with my face to the ground. I heard someone speaking.

²⁸ The brightness all around him looked like a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day. It was the likeness of Jehovah’s glory. When I saw it I immediately fell down with my face to the ground. I heard someone speaking.

¹¹ Standing in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel. Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan stood among them. Each man had his censer in his hand and the fragrance of the cloud of incense was rising.

¹ I looked at the dome over the heads of the angels. And I saw something that looked like a throne made of sapphire.

²⁵ »I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.

⁶ Who can stand before his indignation (displeasure)? Who can resist (withstand) (endure) the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken to pieces by him.

⁴ His brightness is like the sun. He has rays of power coming from his hand! There was protection in his power. ⁵ Before him go the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at his feet.

¹¹ »I set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. This is because of the blood of your covenant!

¹⁹ »Whoever disobeys even the least of the commandments and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. On the other hand whoever obeys and teaches others to obey the Law will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

² He fasted forty days and nights, and was very hungry.

² While they watched, Jesus’ appearance changed (transformed) (transfigured) in their presence. His face was as bright as the sun and his clothes became as white as the light.

⁵ While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud, saying: »This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.«

²⁸ »This is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my blood of the covenant, poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

¹³ Satan tempted Jesus. This lasted forty days. The angels took care of Jesus.

²⁴ He said: »This means (represents) my blood of the covenant given for men.

² He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it was over he was hungry.

¹ The Lord appointed seventy disciples and sent them in groups of two into every city and place where he was about to go.

¹⁷ The seventy returned with joy, saying, »Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name.«

²³ »‘Get the prize calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast! ²⁴ »‘My son was dead. Now he is alive. He was lost. Now he has been found. The feasting began.’

²⁰ Then he took the cup saying: »This represents the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

³⁰ »Just as you eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹⁸ No man has ever seen God. The only begotten God-like one who is closest to the Father (in the bosom of the Father) tells us about him. (Psalm 8:5)

⁴⁶ »No one has seen the Father. Only he who is from God, He has seen the Father.

⁹ Jesus responded: »Have I been with you so long a time and you do not know me Philip? He who has seen me has discerned (experienced) (perceived) the Father. And you say, show us the Father?

¹⁵ After the public reading of the law and the prophets the synagogue officials sent to them, saying: »You men and brothers if you have a message of encouragement for the people speak.«

²⁵ In the same manner, after supper, he took the cup, saying, »This cup represents (is) the new covenant of my blood. Drink this as often as you do it in remembrance of me.«

³ It is known that you are a letter of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is not written on tablets of stone, but on tablets of flesh that are of the heart.

⁷ The ministry of death was written and engraved on stones. Glory came with it so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly upon the face of Moses. And this glory was passing away.

⁶ God said: Light will shine out of darkness. He shined in our hearts. He gave the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face (presence) ((person) of Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ The cup of blessing we bless, is it not the sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread we break, is it not the sharing of the body of Christ? ¹⁷ For we being many are one-bread and one-body. We are all partakers of that one bread. ¹⁸ Is physical Israel the ones who eat the sacrifices, the partakers of the altar?

⁹ When they saw the grace that was given to me, James, Cephas (Peter) and John, they who were known to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship. We were to go to the nations and they were to go to the people who are circumcised.

¹⁹ What then is the law? It was added (to cause awareness of sin) because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. ²⁰ A mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one.

⁷ In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

²⁰ And all things are reconciled through him. He made peace through the blood of his atonement (of the stake). He reconciles all things, whether things upon the earth, or things in heaven.

¹⁶ When this letter has been read among you, make sure it is read also in the congregation of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

²⁷ I charge you by the Lord that this letter is to be read to all the brothers.

¹⁶ Only God has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light. No man has seen him, nor can see him. To him be honor and power forever. Amen.

⁴ It had a golden incense burner. The Ark of the Covenant was completely covered with gold. It contained the golden pot that had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tables of the covenant.

¹⁸ The first covenant was dedicated with blood.

¹⁸ The first covenant was dedicated with blood.

¹⁸ The first covenant was dedicated with blood. ¹⁹ When Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

¹⁹ When Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, ²⁰ He said: »This is the blood of the covenant that God has presented to you.«

²⁰ He said: »This is the blood of the covenant that God has presented to you.« ²¹ He sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of service.

²¹ He sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of service. ²² Almost all things are by the Law purified with blood. There is no forgiveness unless blood is poured out. ²³ It was necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these. But the heavenly things should be cleansed with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ Christ has not entered into the Holy Place made with human hands. This is a copy of the true one. He has entered into heaven to appear before the presence of God for us.

⁴ It is not possible for the blood of bulls and of goats to take away sins. ⁵ When Christ came into the world he said: »‘Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you have prepared a body for me.

²¹ having a high priest over the house of God, ²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

¹⁸ You have not come to a mountain that can be touched, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm.

²⁴ You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks in a better way than the blood of Abel.

²⁹ Our God is a destroying (consuming) fire.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

² You who are chosen and foreknown by God the Father. You have been sanctified by the Spirit to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood. Grace and peace be greatly increased to you.

¹⁹ but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the blood of Christ.

¹² No one has seen God at any time! If we love one another, God lives with us, and his love is perfected (accomplished) (matured) through us.

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day when I heard a strong voice behind me. It sounded like a trumpet.

¹⁶ In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His appearance was like the shinning sun in full strength.

³ He who sat there had the appearance of jasper and sardius stones. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne.

¹¹ She had the glory of God. Her light was like a very precious stone, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

¹⁴ The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁸ The structure of the wall was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. ¹⁹ The foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each individual gate was one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass. ²² I saw no temple there: for the Jehovah God the Almighty and the Lamb are the temple. ²³ The city did not need the sun or the moon to shine on it. For the glory of God and of the Lamb was its light.