Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel;

11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30(32-31) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.'

Exodus 3:6Moreover He said: 'I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

Exodus 33:23And I will take away My hand, and thou shalt see My back; but My face shall not be seen.'

Judges 13:22And Manoah said unto his wife: 'We shall surely die, because we have seen God.'

2 Chronicles 6:17Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let Thy word be verified, which Thou spokest unto Thy servant David.

Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and His train 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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