Exodus 24:10

And they saw the God of Israel. And under his feet was something like a work of sapphire stone, or like the sky, when it is serene.

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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

9And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ascended.

11Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the sons of Israel who were at a distance. And they saw God, and they ate and drank.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.”

Exodus 3:6And he said, “I am the God of your father: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face, for he dared not look directly at God.

Exodus 33:23And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back. But my face you are not able to see.”

Judges 13:22And he said to his wife, “We shall certainly die, since we have seen God.”

2 Chronicles 6:17And now, O Lord God of Israel, let your word be confirmed that you spoke to your servant David.

Isaiah 6:1In the year in which king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, sublime and exalted, and the things that were under him filled the temple.

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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