Exodus 24:9
New International Version
Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up

New Living Translation
Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel climbed up the mountain.

English Standard Version
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,

Berean Standard Bible
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

King James Bible
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

New King James Version
Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

New American Standard Bible
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

NASB 1995
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

NASB 1977
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

Amplified Bible
Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up [the mountainside],

Christian Standard Bible
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel’s elders,

American Standard Version
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Moshe and Ahron and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the Elders of Israel came up:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Moses went up, and Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the 70 leaders, went up the mountain

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel went up:

English Revised Version
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and 70 of Israel's leaders.

Good News Translation
Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the leaders of Israel went up the mountain

International Standard Version
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel went up

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel;

Literal Standard Version
And Moses goes up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from [the] elderly of Israel,

Majority Standard Bible
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

New American Bible
Moses then went up with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel,

NET Bible
Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up,

New Revised Standard Version
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,

New Heart English Bible
Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

World English Bible
Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

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Audio Bible



Context
The Covenant Sealed
8So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” 9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.…

Cross References
Exodus 19:24
And the LORD replied, "Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them."

Exodus 24:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD--you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders--and you are to worship at a distance.

Exodus 28:1
"Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

Leviticus 10:1
Now Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

Numbers 11:16
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

Ezekiel 44:3
Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way."


Treasury of Scripture

Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

Exodus 24:1
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

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Exodus 24
1. Moses is called up into the mountain
3. The people promise obedience
4. Moses builds an altar, and twelve pillars.
6. He sprinkles the blood of the covenant
9. The glory of God appears
14. Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people
15. Moses goes into the mountain, where he continues forty days and forty nights.














(9) Then went up.--According to the ordinary ideas of the time, the ratification of the covenant was now complete, and nothing more was needed. It pleased God, however, to terminate the whole transaction by a closing scene of extraordinary grandeur, beauty, and spiritual significance. A sacrifice implied a sacrificial meal (Exodus 18:12). Moses understood that God, by summoning Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders into the mount (Exodus 24:1), had intended the sacrificial meal to be held there; and accordingly, as soon as he had sprinkled the people, ascended Sinai with the persons summoned, and had the feast prepared. A sacrificial meal was always regarded as a religious act--an act done "before God" (Exodus 18:12), involving communion with Him. God willed now to signalise this sacrificial feast above all others by making His presence not only felt but seen. As Moses, Aaron with his two sons, and the elders were engaged in the feast (Exodus 24:11), a vision of marvellous splendour broke upon them. "They saw the God of Israel" (Exodus 24:10). God showed Himself to them--not, as before, amid thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud, and fire, and smoke, and earthquake (Exodus 19:16; Exodus 19:18), but in His loveliness (Song of Solomon 5:16) and His beauty, standing on pellucid sapphire, blue as the blue of heaven. They "saw God," and were neither hurt nor even terrified; they could, while seeing Him, still eat and drink--they felt themselves like guests at His board, as if He were banqueting with them. So was impressed upon them the mild and sweet relation into which they were brought towards God by covenant--a covenant made, and not yet infringed. The gentle, lovely, attractive side of God's character was shewn to them, instead of the awful and alarming one; and they were taught to look forward to a final state of bliss, in which God's covenanted servants would dwell in His presence continually. . . . Verses 9-11. - THE SACRIFICIAL FEAST AND THE VISION OF GOD. After the covenant had been ratified by the unanimous voice of the people, Moses proceeded to carry out the injunctions with respect to Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the elders, which he had received while still in the mount (see the comment on vers. 1, 2). Taking them with him, he ascended Sinai once more to a certain height, but clearly not to the summit, which he alone was privileged to visit (vers. 2 and 12). The object of the ascent was twofold.

1. A sacrificial meal always followed upon a sacrifice; and the elders might naturally desire to partake of it as near the Divine presence as should be permitted them. This was their purpose in ascending.

2. God desired to impress them with a sense of his awful majesty and beauty, and was prepared for this end to manifest himself to them in some strange and wonderful way as they were engaged in the solemn meal (ver. 11). This was his purpose in inviting their presence. The manifestation is described in ver. 10. It was a "vision of God," but of what exact nature it is impossible to say. Having recorded it, the author parenthetically notes that the Divine vision did not destroy any of those who beheld it, or cause them any injury, as might have been expected. Verse 9. - Then went up. Compare ver. 1. The mountain was to be partially ascended, but not to any great height. Nadab, Abihu, and the elders were to "worship God afar off."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Moses
מֹשֶׁ֖ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

went up
וַיַּ֥עַל (way·ya·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

with Aaron,
וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן (wə·’a·hă·rōn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

Nadab
נָדָב֙ (nā·ḏāḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5070: Nadab -- an Israelite name

and Abihu,
וַאֲבִיה֔וּא (wa·’ă·ḇî·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 30: Abihu -- 'he is father', a son of Aaron

and seventy
וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים (wə·šiḇ·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)

of the elders
מִזִּקְנֵ֥י (miz·ziq·nê)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2205: Old

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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