They shall come up] not the mass of the people, but their privileged representatives: see Exodus 19:23, and cp. Exodus 24:1; Exodus 24:2.

22 The priests] The Levitical priesthood was not yet instituted, but among the Hebrews, as among other nations of antiquity, there were those, mainly the heads of tribes and families, who exercised priestly functions. Melchizedek was prince and priest in Jerusalem at the time of Abraham (Genesis 14:18), and Jethro was both prince and priest of Midian, and offered sacrifice as such (Exodus 2:16; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 18:1; Exodus 18:12).

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