Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel; and the place under his feet was like a paved work of brilliant sapphire, and like the color of heaven in clearness.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
9Then went up Moses, with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.
Cross References
Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen an angel of God face to face, and my life hath been preserved.
Exodus 3:6And 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 up to God.
Exodus 33:23And then I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts; but my face shall not be seen.
Judges 13:22And Manoach said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because a divine being have we seen.
2 Chronicles 6:17And now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant, unto David.
Isaiah 6:1In the year of king 'Uzziyahu's death I saw the Lord sitting upon a high and exalted throne, 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 →