Exodus 24:10

And they saw the God of Israel, and vnder his feete was as it were a worke of a Saphir stone, and as the very heauen when it is cleare.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 vp Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seuentie of the Elders of Israel.

11And vpon the nobles of the children of Israel he laide not his hande: also they sawe God, and did eate and drinke.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30And Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, saide he, I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.

Exodus 3:6Moreouer he saide, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob. Then Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to looke vpon God.

Exodus 33:23After I will take away mine hande, and thou shalt see my backe parts: but my face shall not be seene.

Judges 13:22And Manoah said vnto his wife, We shall surely dye, because we haue seene God.

2 Chronicles 6:17And now, O Lord God of Israel, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid.

Isaiah 6:1In the yeere of the death of King Vzziah, I saw also the Lord sitting vpon an high throne, and lifted vp, and the lower partes thereof 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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