Eze 8:11 | NETfull | STEP | Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

Ezekiel 8:11

11 Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel ^{▼▼ Note the contrast between these seventy men who represented Israel and the seventy elders who ate the covenant meal before God, inaugurating the covenant relationship (Exod 24:1, 9).} (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant ^{▼▼ The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.} vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.