1上主以後向梅瑟說：「你和亞郎、納達布、阿彼胡，以及以色列長老中的七十人到上主那裡；你們都在遠處跪下朝拜。 1And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off.
2然後梅瑟一人要走近上主，別人不可走近；百姓也不准同他上山。」 2And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord, but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people come up with him.
3梅瑟下來將上主的一切話和誡命講述給百姓聽，眾百姓都同聲回答說：「凡上主所吩咐的話，我們全要奉行。」 3So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice: We will do all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken.
4梅瑟遂將上主的一切話記錄下來。第二天清早，梅瑟在山下立了一座祭壇，又按以色列十二支派立了十二根石柱， 4And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord: and rising in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5又派了以色列子民的一些青年人去奉獻全燔祭，宰殺了牛犢作為獻給上主的和平祭。 5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord.
6梅瑟取了一半血，盛在盆中，取了另一半血，灑在祭壇上。 6Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls: and the rest he poured upon the altar.
7然後拿過約書來，念給百姓聽。以後百姓回答說：「凡上主所吩咐的話，我們必聽從奉行。」 7And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken we will do, we will be obedient.
8梅瑟遂拿血來灑在百姓身上說：「看，這是盟約的血，是上主本著這一切話同你們訂立的約。」 8And he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and he said: This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
9隨後梅瑟、亞郎、納達布、阿彼胡和以色列長老中的七十人上了山， 9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel went up:
10看見了以色列的天主，看見在他腳下好像有一塊藍玉作的薄板，光亮似藍天。 10And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.
11他們雖看見了天主，天主卻沒有下手害以色列的首領們，他們還能吃能喝。 11Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink.
12以後上主向梅瑟說：「你上山到我台前，停留在那裡，我要將石版，即我為教訓百姓所寫的法律和誡命交給你。」 12And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and the law, and the commandments which I have written: that thou mayst teach them.
13梅瑟和他的侍從若蘇厄起身上天主的山時， 13Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: and Moses going up into the mount of God,
14梅瑟向長老們說：「你們在這裡等候我們回到你們這裡。你們有亞郎和胡爾同你們在一起。誰有爭訟的事，可到他們那裡去。」 14Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall arise, you shall refer it to them.
15梅瑟上了山，雲彩就把山遮蓋了。 15And when Moses was gone up, a cloud covered the mount.
16上主的榮耀停在西乃山上，雲彩遮蓋著山共六天之久，第七天上主從雲彩中召叫了梅瑟。 16And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud.
17上主的榮耀在以色列子民眼前，好像烈火出現在山頂上。 17And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18梅瑟進入雲彩中，上了山；梅瑟在山上停留了四十天，四十夜。 18And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: and he was there forty days, and forty nights.
24:1-18
本章记述天主和以色列子民缔结盟约的仪式，梅瑟是这盟约的中人。3-4两节「天主的一切话」，指十诫和解释十诫的其他命令（21-23章）。
24:6
梅瑟把牺牲的血 在祭坛和人民身上，表示将天主和以色列人双方联合一起，藉藉全燔祭及和平祭，承认在西乃所缔结的盟约。根据西乃盟约，天主应许将福地赐予以色列人，而以色列人应许遵守天主的一切诫命，再者杀牲 血订立的盟约，是日後耶稣以自己的宝血订立新约的预像（耶31:31-34；匝9:11；玛26:28；希9:18-28）。
24:11
古代以色列人相信：人若看见天主，必死无疑。但此次他们的首领，不但未因看见天主而死（创16:13,14），反而还能参与祭餐（18:12；肋7:15）。
24:15-16
云彩表示天主的亲临；天主的荣耀，平常藉云彩发现於外（申5:19-21；出29:43; 40:34；肋9:6,23；户14:10; 16:19）。