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Exodus 24:11 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank. "
Exodus 24:11
Verse in Context
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9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
11 He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.
12 The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”
13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
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Exodus 24:1
"He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance."
Exodus 24:2
"Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”"
Exodus 24:3
"Moses came and told the people all the LORD’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which the LORD has spoken will we do.”"
Exodus 24:4
"Moses wrote all the LORD’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel."
Exodus 24:5
"He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to the LORD."
Exodus 24:6
"Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar."
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