Moses

Then Moshe let his father-in-law leave, and he went off to his own country.

Moshe went up to God, and ADONAI called to him from the mountain: "Here is what you are to say to the household of Ya'akov, to tell the people of Isra'el:

Moshe came, summoned the leaders of the people and presented them with all these words which ADONAI had ordered him to say.

All the people answered as one, "Everything ADONAI has said, we will do." Moshe reported the words of the people to ADONAI.

ADONAI said to Moshe, "See, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, so that the people will be able to hear when I speak with you and also to trust in you forever."Moshe had told ADONAI what the people had said;

so ADONAI said to Moshe, "Go to the people; today and tomorrow separate them for me by having them wash their clothing;

Moshe went down from the mountain to the people and separated the people for God, and they washed their clothing.

Moshe brought the people out of the camp to meet God; they stood near the base of the mountain.

As the sound of the shofar grew louder and louder, Moshe spoke; and God answered him with a voice.

ADONAI came down onto Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; then ADONAI called Moshe to the top of the mountain; and Moshe went up.

ADONAI said to Moshe, "Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to ADONAI to see him; if they do, many of them will perish.

Moshe said to ADONAI, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, because you ordered us to set limits around the mountain and separate it."

So Moshe went down to the people and told them.

they said to Moshe, "You, speak with us; and we will listen. But don't let God speak with us, or we will die."

Moshe answered the people, "Don't be afraid, because God has come only to test you and make you fear him, so that you won't commit sins."

So the people stood at a distance, but Moshe approached the thick darkness where God was. (A: Maftir)

ADONAI said to Moshe, "Here is what you are to say to the people of Isra'el: 'You yourselves have seen that I spoke with you from heaven.

To Moshe [ADONAI] said, "Come up to ADONAI -you, Aharon, Nadav, Avihu, and seventy of the leaders of Isra'el. Prostrate yourselves at a distance,

while Moshe alone approaches ADONAI -the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him."

Moshe came and told the people everything ADONAI had said, including all the rulings. The people answered with one voice: "We will obey every word ADONAI has spoken."

Moshe wrote down all the words of ADONAI. He rose early in the morning, built an altar at the base of the mountain and set upright twelve large stones to represent the twelve tribes of Isra'el.

Moshe took half of the blood and put it in basins; the other half of the blood he splashed against the altar.

Moshe took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant which ADONAI has made with you in accordance with all these words."

Moshe, Aharon, Nadav, Avihu and seventy of the leaders went up;

ADONAI said to Moshe, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay there. I will give you the stone tablets with the Torah and the mitzvot I have written on them, so that you can teach them."