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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 24:10

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.

Ver. 10. And they saw the God of Israel.] A glimpse of his glory. See Trapp on " 1Ti 6:16 "

As it were a paved work of sapphire stone.] To show that God had now changed their condition, their bricks, made in their bondage, to sapphire. Compare Isaiah 54:11 .

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