Exodus 24:10
And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity.
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In Context
9And Moses went up, and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.
Cross References
Genesis 32:30And Jacob asked and said, Tell me thy name; and he said, Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
Exodus 3:6And he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and Moses turned away his face, for he was afraid to gaze at God.
Exodus 33:23And I will remove my hand, and then shalt thou see my back parts; but my face shall not appear to thee.
Judges 13:22And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
2 Chronicles 6:17And now, Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word be confirmed, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David.
Isaiah 6:1And it came to pass in the year in which King Uzziah died, that I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory.
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 →