Exodus 24:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”

Genesis 32:31

The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.

1 Kings 22:19

Then Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven standing beside him to the right and to the left of him.

2 Chronicles 6:17

Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed that you promised to your servant David.

Exodus 24:11

God did not lay his hand on the chief men of the Israelites; they beheld God, and they ate and drank.

Exodus 3:6

He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 33:20

But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one shall see me and live.”

Exodus 33:23

then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

Song of Solomon 5:14

His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels. His body is an ivory panel, decorated with sapphires.

Song of Solomon 6:10

“Who is this that looks forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army with banners?”

Lamentations 4:7

Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their form cut like sapphire.

Ezekiel 1:1

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the River Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 10:1

Then I looked, and above the dome that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in form resembling a throne.

Daniel 10:17

How can my lord’s servant talk with my lord? For I am exhausted; no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me.”

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak face to face—clearly, not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. “Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Matthew 17:2

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 6:46

Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.

1 Timothy 6:16

It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.

Revelation 21:11

It has the glory of God and a radiance like a very rare jewel, like jasper, clear as crystal.

Revelation 4:3

And the one seated there looks like jasper and carnelian, and around the throne is a rainbow that looks like an emerald.