Exodus 24:11

and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.

Young's Literal Translation

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 see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

12And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.'

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Cross References

Genesis 18:18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

Genesis 32:24And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

Exodus 18:12And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron cometh in, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.

Exodus 24:1And unto Moses He said, 'Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;'

Exodus 33:20He saith also, 'Thou art unable to see My face, for man doth not see Me, and live;'

Deuteronomy 4:33Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou — and doth 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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