Exodus 24:1
The Covenant Confirmed
1Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, aNadab, and Abihu, and bseventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.Exodus 24:9
9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and cseventy of the elders of Israel dwent up,Numbers 11:16
Elders Appointed to Aid Moses
16Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me eseventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and fofficers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.Numbers 11:25
25Then gthe Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it.Deuteronomy 21:3-9
3And the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer hthat has never been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke. 4And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. 5Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen ithem to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and jby their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled. 6And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man kshall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. 8Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and ldo not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’ 9So myou shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
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