Exodus 24:10
“And they saw the God of Israel: and there was vnder his feet, as it were a paued worke of a Saphire stone, and as it were the body of heauen in his clearenesse.”
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Exodus 24:10 Context
8And Moses tooke the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the Couenant which the Lord hath made with you, concerning all these words. 9¶ Then went vp Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seuenty of the Elders of Israel: 10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was vnder his feet, as it were a paued worke of a Saphire stone, and as it were the body of heauen in his clearenesse. 11And vpon the Nobles of the children of Israel he layd not his hand: also they saw God, and did eate and drinke. 12¶ And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Come vp to me into the mount, and be there, and I will giue thee Tables of stone, and a Law, and Commandements which I haue written, that thou mayest teach them.
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Other Translations for Exodus 24:10
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.
- King James Version
and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.
- Basic English Bible
and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness.
- Darby Bible
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 its clearness.
- Webster's Bible
They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
- World English Bible
and 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;
- Youngs Literal Bible
and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Exodus 24:10
24:10 They saw the God of Israel - That is, they had some glimpse of his glory, in light and fire, though they saw no manner of similitude. They saw the place where the God of Israel stood, so the seventy, something that came near a similitude, but was not; whatever they saw it was certainly something of which no image or picture could be made, and yet enough to satisfy them that God was with them of a truth. Nothing is described but that which was under his feet, for our conceptions of God are all below him. They saw not so much as God's feet, but at the bottom of the brightness they saw (such as they never saw before or after, and as the foot - stool or pedestal of it) a most rich and splendid pavement, as it had been of sapphires, azure, or sky - coloured. The heavens themselves are the pavement of God's palace, and his throne is above the firmament.