Exodus 24:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Come up

Exodus 34:2

Seventy

Luke 10:1

General references

Exodus 4:29

Exodus 24:9

Bible References

Come up

Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

God said, "Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground."

The Lord said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you." And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.

The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.

Seventy

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

All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,

The Lord said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.

Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

General references

Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

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