... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > the book Exodus: story of Moses and Aaron > Exodus (part III): conclusion of the Sinaitic law and its renewal > Moses on Mount Sinai with the tables of the law (Exodus 24:9-18, 31:18) > Moses tells the elders to stay behind and ascends Mount Sinai further with Joshua