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Exodus 24:1

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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.

2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

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BSB
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
KJV
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.
WEB
He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
ASV
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off:
DARBY
And he said to Moses, Go up to Jehovah, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship afar off.
BLB
And to Moses He said, “Come up to YHWH, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.
ÅB
Og til Moses sa han: Stig opp til Herren, du og Aron, Nadab og Abihu og sytti av Israels eldste, og dere skal tilbe på avstand.
OTB
Så instruerte Herren Moses: “Stig opp til Herren, du og Aron, Nadab og Abihu, sammen med sytti av Israels eldste, og dere skal tilbe på avstand.
B1930
Og til Moses sa han: Stig op til Herren, du og Aron, Nadab og Abihu og sytti av Israels eldste, og I skal tilbede på avstand.

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  • Numbers 11:16

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

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  • Exodus 6:23

    And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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  • Leviticus 10:1–2

    And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

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  • Exodus 28:1

    And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

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  • Exodus 19:24

    And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

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  • Exodus 24:9

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

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:3

    And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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  • Luke 10:17

    And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

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