Exodus 24 · Verse 9

Exodus 24:9

Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Exodus 24:9, King James Version

Exodus 24:9 in other translations

BSBThen Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
WEBThen Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
ASVThen went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
YLTAnd Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
DARBYAnd Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up;
BBEThen Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:
WebsterThen went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

What does Exodus 24:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Then went up Moses, and Aaron--in obedience to a command given (Ex 24:1, 2; also Ex 19:24), previous to the religious engagement of the people, now described. Nadab, and Abihu--the two oldest sons of Aaron [Ex 6:23]. seventy of the elders--a select number; what was the principle of selection is not said; but they were the chief representatives, the most conspicuous for official rank and station, as well as for their probity and weight of character in their respective tribes.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 24:9-11
The elders saw the God of Israel; they had some glimpse of his glory, though whatever they saw, it was something of which no image or picture could be made, yet enough to satisfy them that God was with them of a truth. Nothing is described but what was under his feet. The sapphires are the pavement under his feet; let us put all the wealth of this world under our feet, and not in our hearts. Thus the believer sees in the face of Jesus Christ, far clearer discoveries of the glorious justice and holiness of God, than ever he saw under terrifying convictions; and through the Saviour, holds communion with a holy God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Exodus 24:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאַהֲרֹ֑ןve.'a.ha.Ronand AaronH175
נָדָב֙na.DavNadabH5070
וַאֲבִיה֔וּאva.'a.vi.Hu'and AbihuH30
וְשִׁבְעִ֖יםve.shiv.'Imand seventyH7657
מִזִּקְנֵ֥יmi.zik.Neiof [the] elders ofH2205
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Exodus 24:9

  • 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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Context

  • Exodus 24:8

    And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

  • Exodus 24:9

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

  • Exodus 24:10

    And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

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Exodus 24:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y subieron Moisés y Aarón, Nadab y Abiú, y setenta de los ancianos de Israel;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse et Aaron, Nadab et Abihu, et 70 des anciens d’Israël montèrent;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es stiegen hinauf Mose und Aaron, Nadab und Abihu, und siebzig von den Ältesten Israels;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ascenderuntque Moyses et Aaron, Nadab et Abiu, et septuaginta de senioribus Israël: