"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 we…" — Exodus 24:10

Exodus 24:10 · KJV

“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.”

— Exodus 24:10

Verse 9

Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

Verse 11

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

Exodus 24 — Context

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled {it} on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

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.

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

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Cross References

John 1:18

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared {him}.

Ezekiel 10:1

Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

Genesis 32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. {Peniel: that is, The face of God}

Exodus 33:23

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

Exodus 33:20

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

1 Timothy 6:16

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom {be} honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Revelation 4:3

And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and {there was} a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

Ezekiel 1:26-28

And above the firmament that {was} over their heads {was} the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne {was} the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.