Exodus 24:10

And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.

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In The King James Version

And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

In Context

9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:

11And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

Exodus 3:6And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

Exodus 33:23Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back: but my face is not to be seen.

Judges 13:22And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.

2 Chronicles 6:17So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

Isaiah 6:1In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 24:10-12

A Manifestation of God. ( b. c. 1491.) 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. The people having, besides their submission to the ceremony of the sprinkling of blood, declared their… Read the whole commentary →

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