Discovery BoxExodus 24:9 
Context24:9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up, 1
Exodus 37:24
Context37:24 He made the lampstand 2 and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.
Exodus 38:13
Context38:13 For the east side, toward the sunrise, it was seventy-five feet wide, 3
Exodus 38:29
Context38:29 The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. 4
1 tn The verse begins with “and Moses went up, and Aaron….” This verse may supply the sequel to vv. 1-2. At any rate, God was now accepting them into his presence.
sn This next section is extremely interesting, but difficult to interpret. For some of the literature, see: E. W. Nicholson, “The Interpretation of Exodus 24:9-11,” VT 24 (1974): 77-97; “The Antiquity of the Tradition in Exodus 24:9-11,” VT 26 (1976): 148-60; and T. C. Vriezen, “The Exegesis of Exodus 24:9-11,” OTS 17 (1967): 24-53.
2 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the lampstand) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn The text simply says “seventy-five feet.”
4 sn The total shekels would have been 212,400 shekels, which would be about 108,749 oz. This would make about 2.5 to 3 tons.
