וְאֶל־מֹשֶׁ֨ה אָמַ֜ר עֲלֵ֣ה אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה אַתָּה֙ וְאַהֲרֹן֙ נָדָ֣ב וַאֲבִיה֔וּא וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים מִזִּקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם מֵרָחֹֽק׃
Or Dieu avait dit à Moïse: "Monte vers l’Éternel, avec Aaron, Nadab, Abihou et soixantedix des anciens d’Israël et vous vous prosternerez à distance.
On the Change of Names
[126] Why these three? Because to enact fresh laws for the benefit of those to whom they would apply is the task of one whose hands are ever in touch with divine things, one who is called up (Ex. 24:1) by the Lawgiver who speaks in oracles, one who has received from Him a great gift, the power of language to express prophet-like the holy laws. For Moses, if translated, is a “receiving” and it also means a handling, as shewn above.
On the Migration of Abraham
[168] One that has been exalted so high above the earth will no longer suffer any parts of his soul to have their converse down below among things mortal, but will draw them all up with him, just like bodies hanging on a rope. So a divine intimation was given to the wise man to this effect: “Come up to thy Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the Senate of Israel” (Ex. 24:1).