Then Moses will come close to the Lord by himself. The other men must not come close to the Lord, and the rest of the people must not even come up the mountain."
So Moses wrote all of the commands of the Lord. The next morning he got up and built an altar near the bottom of the mountain. And he set up twelve stones— one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Moses read the scroll with the special agreement written on it. He read the agreement so that all the people could hear him. And the people said, "We have heard the laws that the Lord has given us. And we agree to obey them."
Then Moses held the bowls full of the blood from the sacrifices. He threw that blood on the people. He said, "This blood shows that the Lord has made a special agreement with you. The laws God gave you explain the agreement."
The Lord said to Moses, "Come to me on the mountain. I have written my teachings and laws on two stone tablets. These teachings and laws are for the people. I will give these stone tablets to you."
Moses said to the elders, "Wait here for us, we will come back to you. While I am gone, Aaron and Hur will rule over you. Go to them if anyone has a problem."
The Glory of the Lord came down on Mount Sinai. The cloud covered the mountain for six days. On the seventh day, the Lord spoke to Moses from the cloud.