Exodus 24:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶל־מֹשֶׁ֨ה אָמַ֜ר עֲלֵ֣ה אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה אַתָּה֙ וְאַהֲרֹן֙ נָדָ֣ב וַאֲבִיה֔וּא וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים מִזִּקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם מֵרָחֹֽק׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾel-Mōšeh ʾāmar ʿălēh ʾel-YHWH ʾattāh wə-ʾAhărōn Nādāb wa-ʾĂbîhûʾ wə-šibʿîm mizziqnê Yiśrāʾēl wə-hištaḥăwîtem mērāḥōq

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾel*: conjunction + preposition - and to
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *ʿălēh*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go up
• *ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *ʾattāh*: pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you
• *wə-ʾAhărōn*: conjunction + proper noun - and Aaron
• *Nādāb*: proper noun - Nadab
• *wa-ʾĂbîhûʾ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Abihu
• *wə-šibʿîm*: conjunction + numeral - and seventy
• *mizziqnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from elders of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wə-hištaḥăwîtem*: conjunction + verb, hitpael perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you shall worship/bow down
• *mērāḥōq*: preposition + noun - from afar/at a distance

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: said/commanded/declared
• *ʿălēh*: go up/ascend/come up
• *hištaḥăwîtem*: worship/bow down/prostrate yourselves
• *mērāḥōq*: from afar/at a distance/from a remote place

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:16 : 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.
• Exod 6:23 : 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Exod 28:1 : 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.
• Lev 10:1-2 : 1 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. 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
• Exod 19:24 : 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.
• Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
• Exod 24:9 : 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
• Exod 24:15 : 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
• Exod 19:9 : 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
• Exod 19:20 : 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
• Exod 1:5 : 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
• Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
• Exod 34:2 : 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
• Num 11:24-25 : 24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
• 1 Chr 6:3 : 3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Ezek 8:11 : 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
• Luke 10:1 : 1 {G1161} After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
• Luke 10:17 : 17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.