Exodus 24:11

against 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,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

In Context

10and they saw the God of Israel,—and under his feet, like a pavement of sapphire, and like the very heavens for brightness; and

12Then said Yahweh unto Moses—Come thou up unto me in the mountain and remain thou there,—for I must give thee tables of stone and the law and the commandment, which I have written to direct them.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:18when, Abraham, shall surely become, a great and mighty nation,—and all the nations of the earth, shall be blessed in him?

Genesis 32:24And Jacob was left alone,—and there wrestled a man with him, until the uprisings of the dawn.

Exodus 18:12Then took Jethro father-in-law of Moses, an ascending-offering and sacrifices to God,—and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came in to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.

Exodus 24:1And unto Moses, he said—Come up unto Yahweh—thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, so shall ye bow yourselves down from afar.

Exodus 33:20But he said—Thou canst not see my face, For no son of earth can see me, and live

Deuteronomy 4:33Did a people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of fire, as, thou, didst hear, and yet live?

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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