Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel,—and under his feet, like a pavement of sapphire, and like the very heavens for brightness; and

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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;

11against the nobles of the sons of Israel, put he not forth his hand,—so then they had vision of God, and did eat and drink,

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered,

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

Exodus 33:23Then will I take away my hand, and thou shalt see behind me, But, my face, must not be seen.

Judges 13:22And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall, die,—for, upon God, have we looked.

2 Chronicles 6:17Now, therefore, O Yahweh, God of Israel,-verified be thy promise, which thou didst make unto thy servant David.

Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw My Lord, sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and, his skirts, did fill 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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