Exodus 24:10
and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
11But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
Cross References
Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
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.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Exodus 33:23Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
Judges 13:22“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
2 Chronicles 6:17And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; 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 →