Exodus 24:1
The Lord Ratifies the Covenant
24:1 But to Moses the Lord said, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.
Exodus 24:9
24:9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up,
Numbers 11:16
The Response of God
11:16 The Lord said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.
Numbers 11:25
11:25 And the
Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses
and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them,
they prophesied,
but did not do so again.
Jeremiah 5:5
5:5 I will go to the leaders
and speak with them.
Surely they know what the Lord demands.
Surely they know what their God requires of them.”
Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority
and refuse to submit to him.
Jeremiah 19:1
An Object Lesson from a Broken Clay Jar
19:1 The Lord told Jeremiah, “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take with you some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests.
Daniel 9:8
9:8 O
LORD, we have been humiliated
– our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.