Exodus 24:11
“And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.”
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.
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
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Related Verses
“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 the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.”
“And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.”
“And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.”
“And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.”