Moses went and repeated to the people all the commands of יהוה and all the rules; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, “All the things that יהוה has commanded we will do!”
Moses then wrote down all the commands of יהוה. Early in the morning, he set up an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
He designated some assistants some assistants Heb. na‘arim (in construct); NJPS “some young men.” See the Dictionary under na‘ar. among the Israelites, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as offerings of well-being to יהוה.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישלח
354
אתנערי
731
בני
62
ישראל
541
ויעלו
122
עלת
500
ויזבחו
39
זבחים
67
שלמים
420
ליהוה
56
פרים
330
Exodus 24:6
Gematria: 2070
ויקחמשהחציהדםוישםבאגנתוחציהדםזרקעלהמזבח
Moses took one part of the blood and put it in basins, and the other part of the blood he dashed against the altar.
Moses took the blood and dashed it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that יהוה now makes with you concerning all these commands.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקח
124
משה
345
אתהדם
450
ויזרק
323
עלהעם
215
ויאמר
257
הנה
60
דםהברית
661
אשר
501
כרת
620
יהוה
26
עמכם
170
על
100
כלהדברים
311
האלה
41
Exodus 24:9
Gematria: 1986
ויעלמשהואהרןנדבואביהואושבעיםמזקניישראל
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel ascended;
and they saw the God of Israel—under whose feet was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויראו
223
את
401
אלהי
46
ישראל
541
ותחת
814
רגליו
249
כמעשה
435
לבנת
482
הספיר
355
וכעצם
226
השמים
395
לטהר
244
Exodus 24:11
Gematria: 2554
ואלאציליבניישראללאשלחידוויחזואתהאלהיםויאכלווישתוס
Yet [God] did not raise a hand against the leaders leaders Meaning of Heb. ’aṣilim uncertain. of the Israelites; they beheld God, and they ate and drank.
יהוה said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and wait there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the teachings and commandments which I have inscribed to instruct them.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
יהוה
26
אלמשה
376
עלה
105
אלי
41
ההרה
215
והיהשם
366
ואתנה
462
לך
50
אתלחת
839
האבן
58
והתורה
622
והמצוה
152
אשר
501
כתבתי
832
להורתם
681
Exodus 24:13
Gematria: 2632
ויקםמשהויהושעמשרתוויעלמשהאלהרהאלהים
So Moses and his attendant Joshua arose, and Moses ascended the mountain of God.
To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us until we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you; let anyone who has a legal matter approach them.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואלהזקנים
249
אמר
241
שבולנו
394
בזה
14
עד
74
אשרנשוב
859
אליכם
101
והנה
66
אהרן
256
וחור
220
עמכם
170
מיבעל
152
דברים
256
יגש
313
אלהם
76
Exodus 24:15
Gematria: 1584
ויעלמשהאלההרויכסהענןאתההר
When Moses had ascended the mountain, the cloud covered the mountain.