Exodus 24:9

Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up, ¹ 

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

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

Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the leaders of Israel went up the mountain.

Then they climbed the mountain--Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel--

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

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

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

Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up, ¹ 

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.