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Exodus 24:9

Exodus 24:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Then went up. Compare . The mountain was to be partially ascended, but not to any great height. Nadab, Abihu, and the elders were to "worship God afar off."

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