Exodus 24:1 - Tree of Life Version Then to Moses He said, “Come up to Adonai, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel, and worship from afar. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition GOD SAID to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu [Aaron's sons], and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship at a distance. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off: Common English Bible Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders, and worship from a distance. Catholic Public Domain Version He also said to Moses: "Ascend to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders out of Israel, and adore from a distance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And 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. |
The souls that came out of the line of Jacob numbered 70 in all, while Joseph was already in Egypt.
Then Adonai came down onto Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Adonai called Moses to the top of the mountain, so Moses went up.
Then Adonai said to him, “Go down. You are to come back up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the kohanim and the people break through to come up to Adonai, or He will break out against them.”
Adonai said to Moses, “I am about to come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever.” Then Moses told the words of the people to Adonai.
The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
Moses alone is to approach Adonai, but the others may not draw near, nor are the people to go up with him.”
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
“Bring your brother Aaron near with his sons from among Bnei-Yisrael, so that they may minister to Me as kohanim—Aaron and his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Then He said, “Come no closer. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
Be ready by the morning, come up to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain.
Aaron married Elisheba daughter of Amminadav, sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Standing there before them were 70 men of the elders of the house of Israel, Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst, each man with his censer in his hand. A thick cloud of incense went up.
Adonai said to Moses, “Bring me 70 of the elders of Israel whom you know to be elders of the people and their leaders. Take them to the Tent of Meeting, so they may stand with you there.
Now after these things, the Lord assigned seventy others and sent them out by twos before Him into every town and place where He Himself was about to go.
Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Master, even the demons submit to us in Your name!”
So I took the heads of your tribes, men who were wise and well known, and appointed them as heads over you—leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officials for your tribes.