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NASB | Exodus 24:1 Then He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 24:1 Then God said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu (Aaron's older sons), and seventy of Israel's elders, and you shall worship at a [safe] distance. |
Bible Question: In Exodus 19-24 it looks as though Moses brought Aaron back up the mountain with him...does that mean Aaron was privy to listening to the ten commandments |
Bible Answer: Greetings 561joshua01, Both Moses and Aaron went up on the mountain (Exodus 19:24; 24:1), but it was Moses, of which the distinction is made in Exodus 24:2 ("Moses alone"), who "shall come near to the LORD" and "recounted to the people all the words of the LORD" (verse 3) and "wrote down all the words of the LORD" (verse 4). Then, verse 9 says that "Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel" where "they saw God, and they ate and drank" (verse 11). After that, Moses goes up with only Joshua with him (verse 13) where he is given the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments, and Aaron is left behind with the elders to see to the needs of the people (verse 14). So, Aaron, his sons, and seventy of the elders were able to go up on the mountain with Moses and have an intimate encounter with God (24:10-11), but only Moses "came near to the LORD" to receive the Ten Commandments: orally from God (verses 2-3), transcribed by Moses (verse 4), and transcribed by God Himself (24:12; 31:18). Moses alone acted as a 'mediator' between God and the people by recounting all that God had said to the people, including the Ten Commandments, and affirming that the people would agree to this covenant with God (verse 3). Aaron himself received the Ten Commandments second hand (like the rest of the Israelites) and did not hear them from God Himself, although Aaron was most definitely a witness of the transcribed copy of the Ten Commandments, written by the Lord Himself (34:1,28) on the replacement tablets. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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