Exodus 24:10

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8 And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is ^athe blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”

On the Mountain with God

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

10 and they ^asaw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of ^bsapphire stone, and it was like the ^cvery heavens in its clarity.

11 But on the nobles of the children of Israel He ^adid not lay His hand. So ^bthey saw God, and they ^cate and drank.

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you ^btablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”

13 So Moses arose with ^ahis assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

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Exodus 24:10

And they saw the God of Israel - As they ate the sacrificial feast, the presence of Yahweh was manifested to them with special distinctness. In the act of solemn worship, they perceived that He was present with them, as their Lord and their Deliverer. It is idle to speculate on the mode of this revelation. That no visible form was presented to their bodily eyes, we are expressly informed, Deuteronomy 4:12; see Exodus 33:20; compare Isaiah 6:1. The latter part of this verse may be read: "under His feet, it was like a work of bright sapphire stone, and like the heaven itself in clearness." On the sapphire, see Exodus 28:18; compare Ezekiel 1:26. The pure blue of the heaven above them lent its influence to help the inner sense to realize the vision which no mortal eye could behold.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Exodus 24:10:**

Exodus 33:19-20
Ezekiel 1:1
Ezekiel 8:11
Habakkuk 3:4
Revelation 1:14

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