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You are to worship at a distance, <a href="/nlt/exodus/24.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then the LORD instructed Moses: “Come up here to me, and bring along Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders. All of you must worship from a distance. <a href="/esv/exodus/24.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. <a href="/bsb/exodus/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/exodus/24.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/24.htm">New King James Version</a> Now He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. <a href="/nasb/exodus/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then He said to Moses, &#8220Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. <a href="/lsb/exodus/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you all shall worship at a distance. <a href="/amp/exodus/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then God said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu (Aaron’s older sons), and seventy of Israel’s elders, and you shall worship at a [safe] distance. <a href="/csb/exodus/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then he said to Moses, “Go up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders, and bow in worship at a distance. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then He said to Moses, &#8220Go up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel&#8217s elders, and bow in worship at a distance. <a href="/asv/exodus/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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: <a href="/cev/exodus/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on this mountain. Bring along Aaron, as well as his two sons Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of Israel's leaders. They must worship me at a distance, <a href="/erv/exodus/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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: <a href="/gwt/exodus/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD said to Moses, "You and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and 70 of Israel's leaders come up the mountain to me and worship at a distance. <a href="/gnt/exodus/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD said to Moses, "Come up the mountain to me, you and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the leaders of Israel; and while you are still some distance away, bow down in worship. <a href="/isv/exodus/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> The LORD told Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance. <a href="/msb/exodus/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/exodus/24.htm">NET Bible</a> But to Moses the LORD said, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance. <a href="/nheb/exodus/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance. <a href="/wbt/exodus/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. <a href="/web/exodus/24.htm">World English Bible</a> He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And He said to Moses, “Come up to YHWH, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from [the] elderly of Israel, and you have bowed yourselves far off”; <a href="/ylt/exodus/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And unto Moses He said, 'Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;' <a href="/slt/exodus/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the old men of Israel; and worship from far off.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/exodus/24.htm">New American Bible</a> Moses himself was told: Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, with Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You shall bow down at a distance. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and you shall worship afar off. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And to Moshe he said, “Come up to LORD JEHOVAH, you and Ahron and Nadab and Abihu and seventy men of the Elders of Israel, and you shall worship from a distance.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And unto Moses He said: 'Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off; <a href="/sep/exodus/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance. <a href="/parallel/exodus/24-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=6031" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/24.htm">The Covenant Sealed</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Then the LORD said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ă·lêh (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">“Come up</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD—</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: wə·’a·hă·rōn (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">and Aaron,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5070.htm" title="5070: nā·ḏāḇ (N-proper-ms) -- An Israelite name. From nadab; liberal; Nadab, the name of four Israelites.">Nadab</a> <a href="/hebrew/30.htm" title="30: wa·’ă·ḇî·hū (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- He is father, a son of Aaron. From 'ab and huw'; father of Him; Abihu, a son of Aaron.">and Abihu,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7657.htm" title="7657: wə·šiḇ·‘îm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Seventy (a card. number). Multiple of sheba'; seventy.">and seventy</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: miz·ziq·nê (Prep-m:: Adj-mpc) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">elders—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm" title="7812: wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">and you are to worship</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: mê·rā·ḥōq (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">at a distance.</a> 2Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/9-18.htm">Hebrews 9:18-22</a> That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. / For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people, / saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” ... <a href="/matthew/17-1.htm">Matthew 17:1-3</a> After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. / There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. / Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus. <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-24</a> For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; / to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. / For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” ... <a href="/mark/9-2.htm">Mark 9:2-4</a> After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them. / His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them. / And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus. <a href="/luke/9-28.htm">Luke 9:28-31</a> About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray. / And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white. / Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-11</a> Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? / For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! ... <a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38</a> He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm">Revelation 4:1-2</a> After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.” / At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. <a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">1 Peter 1:2</a> according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. <a href="/john/1-17.htm">John 1:17</a> For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-5.htm">Deuteronomy 5:5</a> At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said: <a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Leviticus 10:1-3</a> 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. / So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD. / Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent. <a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16-17</a> 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. / And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-10.htm">Deuteronomy 4:10-12</a> The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.” / You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. / And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice. <a href="/exodus/19-20.htm">Exodus 19:20-24</a> The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up, / and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish. / Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.” ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship you afar off.come up<a href="/exodus/24-15.htm">Exodus 24:15</a> And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.<a href="/exodus/3-5.htm">Exodus 3:5</a> And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.<a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Exodus 19:9,20,24</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD… Nadab<a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Exodus 6:23</a> And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.<a href="/exodus/28-1.htm">Exodus 28:1</a> And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.<a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Leviticus 10:1,2</a> And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not… seventy<a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Exodus 24:9</a> Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:<a href="/exodus/1-5.htm">Exodus 1:5</a> And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.<a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16,24,25</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/19-24.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Abihu</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Abi'hu</a> <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/exodus/18-7.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/exodus/19-7.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Distance</a> <a href="/exodus/19-7.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/exodus/20-22.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/20-22.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Nadab</a> <a href="/exodus/15-27.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/exodus/23-33.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/exodus/23-9.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Abihu</a> <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Abi'hu</a> <a href="/exodus/33-7.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/exodus/33-7.htm">Distance</a> <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/24-2.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Nadab</a> <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/exodus/30-15.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 24</div>1. <a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Moses is called up into the mountain</a> 3. <a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">The people promise obedience</a> 4. <a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Moses builds an altar, and twelve pillars.</a> 6. <a href="/exodus/24-6.htm">He sprinkles the blood of the covenant</a> 9. <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">The glory of God appears</a> 14. <a href="/exodus/24-14.htm">Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/24-15.htm">Moses goes into the mountain, where he continues forty days and forty nights.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then the LORD said to Moses This phrase indicates direct communication from God to Moses, highlighting Moses' unique role as a mediator between God and the Israelites. This divine instruction underscores the covenant relationship established at Sinai. Moses is often seen as a type of Christ, serving as a mediator and leader who guides God's people.Come up to the LORD The invitation to ascend signifies a call to a higher spiritual experience and encounter with God. This ascent is both physical and spiritual, symbolizing drawing nearer to God. The mountain, often associated with divine encounters, serves as a sacred space where God reveals His will.you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu Aaron, Moses' brother, is the high priest, and Nadab and Abihu are his sons, representing the priestly line. Their inclusion signifies the importance of priestly mediation in worship and covenantal ceremonies. Nadab and Abihu's later disobedience (Leviticus 10) serves as a cautionary tale about the holiness required in approaching God.and seventy of Israel’s elders The seventy elders represent the leadership and governance structure of Israel, symbolizing the collective responsibility and participation of the community in the covenant. This number may also reflect completeness and order, as seen in other biblical contexts (e.g., the Sanhedrin).and you are to worship at a distance Worshiping at a distance emphasizes the holiness of God and the separation between the divine and human realms. It reflects the reverence and awe required in approaching God, acknowledging His transcendence. This distance is later bridged through Christ, who provides direct access to God for believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who initiates the call to worship and establishes His covenant with His people. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader and prophet of Israel, chosen by God to mediate the covenant and lead the people. 3. <a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a> Moses' brother and the first high priest of Israel, representing the priestly line. 4. <a href="/topical/n/nadab_and_abihu.htm">Nadab and Abihu</a> Sons of Aaron, who later play significant roles in the priesthood but also face consequences for disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/s/seventy_elders_of_israel.htm">Seventy Elders of Israel</a> Representatives of the tribes of Israel, signifying the communal aspect of the covenant. 6. <a href="/topical/w/worship_at_a_distance.htm">Worship at a Distance</a> The act of worshiping God with reverence and acknowledging His holiness, which requires separation due to human sinfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_worship.htm">The Call to Worship</a> God initiates the call to worship, inviting His people into His presence. This reminds us that worship is a response to God's invitation and grace. <a href="/topical/r/reverence_and_holiness.htm">Reverence and Holiness</a> Worshiping "at a distance" signifies the need for reverence and recognition of God's holiness. We must approach God with humility and respect. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_representation.htm">Leadership and Representation</a> Moses, Aaron, and the elders represent the people before God. This highlights the importance of godly leadership and the role of intercession in the community of faith. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> The gathering at Sinai is a pivotal moment in establishing the covenant. It reminds us of the importance of covenant faithfulness and obedience to God's commands. <a href="/topical/c/community_worship.htm">Community Worship</a> The inclusion of the elders signifies the communal nature of worship. Our worship should involve and reflect the broader community of believers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 24</a> <a href="/q/who_were_israel's_seventy_elders.htm">Who were Israel's seventy elders?</a> <a href="/q/does_exodus_24_align_with_god's_nature.htm">How does the account in Exodus 24 align or conflict with other passages describing God's nature and appearance?</a> <a href="/q/who_were_nadab_and_abihu_in_the_bible.htm">Who were Nadab and Abihu in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_the_author_of_leviticus.htm">Who is the author of Leviticus?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XXIV.THE RATIFICATION OF THE COVENANT.(1) And he said.--We should have expected "And God said," or "And Jehovah said." The omission of the nominative is probably to be accounted for by the insertion into Exodus at this point of "the Book of the Covenant," which was originally a distinct document. <a href="/exodus/24-1.htm" title="And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship you afar off.">Exodus 24:1</a> of Exodus 24 probably followed originally on <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm" title="And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.">Exodus 20:21</a> of Exodus 20. The sequence of the words was then as follows: "And Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. And he said unto Moses," &c.Come up.--The ascent of Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders seems to have been commanded in order to give greater solemnity to the ratification of the covenant between God and Israel, which is the main subject of this section. Moses received instructions on the subject before descending, and no doubt was divinely guided in the steps which he took previously to ascending with them.Nadab, and Abihu.--Aaron's two elder sons. (See <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm" title="And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.">Exodus 6:23</a>.)Seventy of the elders.--These are not the "judges" of <a href="/context/exodus/18-21.htm" title="Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:">Exodus 18:21-26</a>, who were not yet appointed (see Note on <a href="/context/exodus/18-24.htm" title="So Moses listened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.">Exodus 18:24-25</a>), but rather the heads of tribes and families who had exercised authority over the Israelites in Egypt, and through whom Moses had always communicated with the people. (See <a href="/exodus/3-16.htm" title="Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:">Exodus 3:16</a>; <a href="/exodus/4-29.htm" title="And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:">Exodus 4:29</a>; <a href="/exodus/12-21.htm" title="Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.">Exodus 12:21</a>; <a href="/context/exodus/17-5.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you smote the river, take in your hand, and go.">Exodus 17:5-6</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 1-8. - THE RATIFICATION OF THE COVENANT. The giving of the Book of the Covenant being now completed, Moses, having received directions with respect to another ascent into the mount (vers. 1, 2), descended to the people, and in the first instance declared to them the main heads of the Covenant, which they received with favour, and expressed their willingness to obey (ver. 3). Not, however, regarding this as a sufficiently formal ratification, the Prophet proceeded to write out in a "Book" the whole of the commands which he had received, He then built an altar, erected twelve pillars, offered sacrifice, and having collected half the blood of the victims in basins, summoned the people to an assembly. At this, he read over solemnly all the words of the Book to them, and received their solemn adherence to it (ver. 7); whereupon, to complete the ceremony, and mark their entrance into covenant, he sprinkled the blood from the basins on the twelve tribes, represented by their leaders, and declared the acceptance complete (ver. 8). The ceremony was probably modelled on some customary proceedings, whereby important contracts between man and man were ratified among the Hebrews and Syrians. Verses 1, 2. - It has been supposed that these verses are out of place, and suggested to remove them to the end of verse 8. But no change is necessary. It is quite natural that God should have given the directions before Moses descended from the mount, and that he should have deferred executing them until the people had accepted the covenant. Nadab and Abihu were the two eldest of Aaron's sons, and so his natural successors in the priesthood, had they not sinned by offering "strange fire" (<a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Leviticus 10:1, 2</a>). They had been mentioned previously, in <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Exodus 6:23</a>. Seventy of the elders. On the elders of Israel, see <a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Exodus 3:16</a>, and Exodus 18:21. The "seventy" eiders may, together with Nadab and Abihu, have represented the twelve tribes, six from each. Worship ye afar off. Though all were to ascend the mount to a certain height, only Moses was to go to the top. The others, being less holy than Moses, had to worship at a distance. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/24-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then [the LORD] said אָמַ֜ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Moses, מֹשֶׁ֨ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver “Come up עֲלֵ֣ה (‘ă·lêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the LORD— יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel you אַתָּה֙ (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you and Aaron, וְאַהֲרֹן֙ (wə·’a·hă·rōn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses Nadab נָדָ֣ב (nā·ḏāḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5070.htm">Strong's 5070: </a> Nadab -- an Israelite name and Abihu, וַאֲבִיה֔וּא (wa·’ă·ḇî·hū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_30.htm">Strong's 30: </a> Abihu -- 'he is father', a son of Aaron and seventy וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים (wə·šiḇ·‘îm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7657.htm">Strong's 7657: </a> Seventy (a cardinal number) of Israel’s יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc elders— מִזִּקְנֵ֣י (miz·ziq·nê) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> Old and you are to worship וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם (wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> To depress, prostrate at a distance. מֵרָחֹֽק׃ (mê·rā·ḥōq) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> Remote, of place, time, precious <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">OT Law: Exodus 24:1 He said to Moses Come up (Exo. 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