Exodus 24:9

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

Exodus 24:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 24:9

Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu
After the above things were done, the words of the Lord were told the people, and the book of the covenant read unto them, to which they agreed, sacrifices were offered, and the blood of them sprinkled on the altar, and on the people. The Samaritan version adds to these, Eleazar and Ithamar, the two younger sons of Aaron:

and seventy of the elders of Israel,
who were called up to the mountain to the Lord, ( Exodus 24:1 ) .

Exodus 24:9 In-Context

7 And he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of the people, and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and we will hear.

8 Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.

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

10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone like unto the heaven when it is clear.

11 But he did not lay his hand upon the princes of the sons of Israel, and they saw God and ate and drank.