Exodus 24:1

“And he said unto Moses, etc.] Who said? no doubt a divine Person, and yet what this Person said is, come up unto the Lord; meaning either to himself, or one divine Person called to Moses to come up to another: according to the Targum of Jonathan, it was Michael, the prince of wisdom; not a created angel, but the eternal Word, Wisdom, and Son of God; who said this on the seventh day of the month, which was the day after the giving of the law, or ten commands; though Jarchi says this paragraph was before the ten commands, and was said on the fourth of Sivan; but the Targumist seems most correct: come up unto the Lord, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; Nadab…”

“DELIVERY OF THE LAW AND COVENANT. (Exo. 24:1-18) Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord--The rehearsal of the foregoing laws and the ten commandments, together with the promises of special blessings in the event of their obedience, having drawn forth from the people a unanimous declaration of their consent, it was forthwith recorded as the conditions of the national covenant. The next day preparations were made for having it (the covenant) solemnly ratified, by building an altar and twelve pillars; the altar representing God, and the pillars the tribes of Israel--the two parties in this solemn compact--while Moses acted as typical mediator.”

“Are placed by some with great probability between Exodus 24:8-9. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Worship ye afar off - Before they came near, they must worship. Thus we must enter into God's gates with humble and solemn adorations. Exodus 24:2”

“24:1-18 Israel agreed to the terms of the covenant (24:3), which was then ratified in several ceremonial activities. This included the formal writing and reading of the covenant (24:4, 7), the splattering of blood (24:6), a covenant meal (24:11), and the appearing of the glory of the Lord on the mountain (24:15-18). 24:1-2 Some commentators suggest that Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the elders made two trips up the mountain, here and in 24:9-11. However, this command was probably given in advance and obeyed at the proper time in 24:9.”

“Come up: Exo 24:15, Exo 3:5, Exo 19:9, Exo 19:20, Exo 19:24, Exo 20:21, Exo 34:2 Nadab: Exo 6:23, Exo 28:1; Lev 10:1, Lev 10:2; Ch1 6:3 seventy: Exo 24:9, Exo 1:5; Num 11:16, Num 11:24, Num 11:25; Eze 8:11; Luk 10:1, Luk 10:17 Exodus 24:2”

“These two verses form part of the address of God in Ex 20:22-23:33; for אמר משׁה ואל ("but to Moses He said") cannot be the commencement of a fresh address, which would necessarily require מ אל ויּאמר (cf. Exo 24:12; Exo 19:21; Exo 20:22). The turn given to the expression מ ואל presupposes that God had already spoken to others, or that what had been said before related not to Moses himself, but to other persons. But this cannot be affirmed of the decalogue, which applied to Moses quite as much as to the entire nation (a sufficient refutation of Knobel's assertion, that these verses are a continuation of Exo 19:20-25, and are linked on to the decalogue), but only of the address concerning the…”