Exodus 24:9

9 And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from 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 scroll of the covenant and read [it] in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken we will do, and we will listen."

8 And Moses took the blood and sprinkled [it] on the people, and he said, "Look, the blood of the covenant that Yahweh has made with you in accordance with all these words."

9 And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel went up.

10 And they saw the God of Israel, and [what was] under his feet [was] like sapphire tile work and like the very heavens for clearness.

11 And toward the leaders of the {Israelites} he did not stretch out his hand, and they beheld God, and they ate, and they drank.