Exodus 24:11

And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they saw God, and ate and drank.

Darby Translation

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 there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness.

12And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the commandment that I have written, for their instruction.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:18Since Abraham shall indeed become a great and mighty nation; and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

Genesis 32:24And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

Exodus 18:12And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God.

Exodus 24:1And he said to Moses, Go up to Jehovah, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship afar off.

Exodus 33:20And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live.

Deuteronomy 4:33Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

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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