⁹ Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders^(A) of Israel went up ¹⁰ and saw^(B) the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli,^(C) as bright blue as the sky.^{(D) 11} But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw^(E) God, and they ate and drank.^(F)

² The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico^(A) of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering^(B) and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening.^(C)

⁸ When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico^(A) of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.^(B)