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The Covenant Sealed

Exodus 24:11

In 11 translations

BSB
But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
KJV
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
WEB
He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.
ASV
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
LSV
and He has not put forth His hand to those of the sons of Israel who are near, and they see God, and eat and drink.
YLT
and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.
DBY
And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they saw God, and ate and drank.Elohim
DRC
Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink.
GNV
And vpon the nobles of the children of Israel he laide not his hande: also they sawe God, and did eate and drinke.
JPS
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
LXXE
And of the chosen ones of Israel there was not even one missing, and they appeared in the place of God, and did eat and drink.i. e. where God was.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶל־אֲצִילֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א שָׁלַ֖ח יָד֑וֹ וַֽיֶּחֱזוּ֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τῶν ἐπιλέκτων τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ οὐ διεφώνησεν οὐδὲ εἷς· καὶ ὤφθησαν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον.

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  • Exodus 18:12Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.
  • Luke 15:23–24Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
  • Genesis 31:54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
  • Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
  • Genesis 16:13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
  • 1 Corinthians 10:16–18Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we…
  • Deuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
  • Exodus 19:21and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
  • Exodus 24:9–10Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
  • Exodus 33:20–23But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.” The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock, and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the…
  • 2 Chronicles 23:20He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the…
  • Nehemiah 2:16The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.
  • Judges 13:22“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
  • Judges 5:13Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.
  • Exodus 24:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
  • Jeremiah 14:3The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

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