Exodus 24:10
and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a tiled pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear blue as the sky itself.
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In Context
9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders climbed up the mountain,
11But God did not harm the leaders of Israel—they saw him, and they ate and drank a sacred meal.
Cross References
Genesis 32:30Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “I saw God face to face and I'm still alive!”
Exodus 3:6Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
Exodus 33:23Then I'll take my hand away and you'll see my back; but you won't see my face.”
Judges 13:22“We're definitely going to die,” he told his wife, “for we have seen God!”
2 Chronicles 6:17Now, Lord God of Israel, please fulfill this promise you made to your servant David.
Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated in majesty on a high throne, and the train of his robe 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 →