Exodus 24:11

And 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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In The King James Version

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

In Context

10And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.

12And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:18Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

Genesis 32:24Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

Exodus 18:12Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, made a burned offering to God: and Aaron came, with the chiefs of Israel, and had a meal with Moses' father-in-law, before God.

Exodus 24:1And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.

Exodus 33:20But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.

Deuteronomy 4:33Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?

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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