Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Exodus 24:11
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he (f) laid not his hand: also they saw God, and (g) did eat and drink.
(f) He did not make them afraid, nor punish them.
(g) That is, rejoiced.
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he (f) laid not his hand: also they saw God, and (g) did eat and drink.
(f) He did not make them afraid, nor punish them.
(g) That is, rejoiced.
Verse Exodus 24:11. _UPON THE NOBLES OF - ISRAEL HE LAID NOT HIS HAND_] This laying on of the hand has been variously explained. 1. He did not conceal himself from the nobles of Israel by covering th...
HE LAID NOT HIS HAND - i. e. He did not strike them. It was believed that a mortal could not survive the sight of God Exodus 33:20; Genesis 32:30; Judges 6:22;...
CHAPTER 24 THE RATIFICATION OF THE COVENANT AND THE GLORY OF JEHOVAH _ 1. Moses called into Jehovah's presence (Exodus 24:1)_ 2. The covenant ratified and the sprinkling with blood (Exodus 24:3) 3....
EXODUS 24. VISION AND COVENANT. Exodus 24:1 f. J, Exodus 24:3 E, Exodus 24:9 J, Exodus 24:12 a E,...
HE LAID NOT HIS HAND. put not forth His hand [in vengeance]. Compare Exodus 3:20; Exodus 33:22. EAT AND DRINK. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put for living, i.e. though they were f...
It was the general belief (see on Exodus 33:20) that God could not be -seen," except in a purely spiritual sense, with impunity; but upon this occasion _Jehovah_ PUT _not_ FORTH _his hand_(Exodus 9:15...
DISCOURSE: 97 A SIGHT OF GOD IS A FEAST TO THE SOUL Exodus 24:11. _They saw God, and did eat and drink_. GOD is every where present, but no where visible, unless he please to draw aside the veil, and...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 24 And he said unto Mo-ses, Come up unto Je-ho-vah, thou, and Aar-on, Na-dab, and A-bi-hu, and seventy of the elders of Is-ra-el; and worship ye afar off: (2) and Moses...
_AND UPON THE NOBLES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HE LAID NOT HIS HAND: ALSO THEY SAW GOD, AND DID EAT AND DRINK._ Upon the nobles of the children of Israel, х_ 'ATSIYLEEY_ (H678)] - deep-rooted: hence,...
THE RATIFICATION OF THE COVENANT 1. And he said] The first two vv. of this chapter are a continuation of the narrative from Exodus 20:21, which was interrupted by the insertion of the Book of the Cove...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 24 GOD’S SPECIAL PROMISE 1-18 V1 Then God spoke to Moses again. ‘C...
THE NOBLES. — The word used is an unusual one, but seems to designate the “elders” of Exodus 24:1; Exodus 24:9. It implies nobility of birth. HE LAID NOT HIS HAND — i.e., He in nowise hurt or injured...
וְ אֶל ־אֲצִילֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א שׁ
CHAPTER XXIV. _ THE COVENANT RATIFIED. THE VISION OF GOD._ Exodus 24:1 The opening words of this chapter ("Come up unto the Lord") imply, without explicitly asserting, that Moses was first sent dow...
THE COVENANT MADE AND SEALED BY BLOOD Exodus 24:1 Moses remained in communion with God while receiving the laws of the preceding Chapter s. When they were concluded he descended to ratify with all so...
We now come to the story of the preparation for the true order of worship. The elders of Israel were called to approach in company with Moses. So far as it had been received, the law was repeated in t...
_Saw God, under the appearance of a burning fire, ver. 17. They beheld some rays of his glory, but not distinct similitude, (Deuteronomy iv. 15,) though Cajetan thinks that God appeared in a human for...
Daniel 10:19. By their eating and drinking, it should seem is intimated that the consciousness of God's presence refreshed them. Is there not a spiritual sense in it of sacramental ordinances? Luke 22...
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
11._And upon the nobles of the children of Israel_. These words, as it seems to me, are violently distorted by those (318) who expound them, that the elders were not made participators of the propheti...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 24 AND 25. This covenant, made on condition of the obedience of the people, was confirmed by blood [1] (chap. 24.) The blood being shed, death having thus co...
AND UPON THE NOBLES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HE LAID NOT HIS HAND,.... Which some interpret of his hand of prophecy, and of the measure of the Spirit, such an one as Moses had, and by virtue of which...
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. Ver. 11. _He laid not his hand,_] i.e., They came off without hurt; which is reckoned as...
_Upon the nobles_ Or elders; _of Israel he laid not his hand_ Though they were _men_, the splendour of his glory did not overwhelm them, but _it_ was so _moderated_, (Job 36:9,) and _they_ were so _st...
1 Moses is called vp into the Mountaine. 3 The people promise obedience. 4 Moses buildeth an Altar, and twelue pillars. 6 Hee sprinkleth the blood of the Couenant. 9 The glory of God appeareth. 1...
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand, the Lord did not harm them, although they, sinful people as they were, stood in the presence of God's holiness and justice; ALSO THE...
THE ELDERS APPEAR BEFORE GOD; MOSES REMAINS...
D. THE FEAST OF THE COVENANT COMMANDED Exodus 24:1-2 1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2...
THE COVENANT WRITTEN AND READ TO THE PEOPLE (vs.1-8) Having finished declaring the rules and regulations connected with the law, the Lord tells Moses to come up to Him in the mountain, and to take wi...
9-11 The elders saw the God of Israel; they had some glimpse of his glory, though whatever they saw, it was something of which no image or picture could be made, yet enough to satisfy them that God w...
THE NOBLES; or, _separated_ or _select ones_, i.e. the persons who were singled out to go up with Moses, EXODUS 24:1,9, the same of whom it is said here, and EXODUS 24:10, _that they saw God_. HE LAID...
This chapter opens with an expression remarkably characteristic of the entire Mosaic economy. "And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elder...
Exodus 24:11 nobles H678 children H1121 Israel H3478 lay H7971 (H8804) hand H3027 saw H2372 (H8799) God...
‘Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel, and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it w...
EAT AND DRINK Symbol of communion. Compare (Luke 22:15). A blood-sprinkled people, see (Hebrews 9:19) who had not yet broken the law could thus commune with God. Never again was this repeated. Com...
CONTENTS: Order of worship prescribed, pending the building of the tabernacle. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, elders, Joshua, Hur. CONCLUSION: The unapproachable glory of God tells a s...
Exodus 24:5. _Young men._ These were of the firstborn, who were entitled to assist at the altar. Exodus 24:8. _The blood of the covenant,_ without which no man can approach the Lord. Exodus 24:9. _Se...
_They saw God, and did eat and drink._ THE VISION OF GOD, AND THE FEAST BEFORE HIM These are strangely bold words, both for the assertion with which they begin, and for the juxtaposition of the two t...
EXODUS 24:1 Covenant Confirmed. This section describes three different aspects of the covenant being confirmed: (1) Moses leads the people of Israel in sacrificing to the Lord and in reconfirming the...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 24:9 The men SAW THE GOD OF ISRAEL and remained unharmed. According to Exodus 33:20, “man shall not see [God] and live,” so the “seeing” here was
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 24:10. And they _saw_ the God of Israel.] The words—“they saw” = Vâyiruh—in this verse is qualified in its ordinary meaning by the word “saw” in the following verse (11). The...
EXPOSITION THE SACRIFICIAL FEAST AND THE VISION OF GOD. After the covenant had been ratified by the unanimous voice of the people, Moses proceeded to carry out the injunctions with respect to Aaron, N...
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. And Moses alone shall come near to the Lord: but thou sh...
nobles Exodus 24:1 Exodus 24:9 Numbers 21:18 Judges 5:13 1 Kings 21:8...
Upon the nobles or elders of Israel he laid not his hand — Though they were men, the splendour of his glory did not overwhelm them, but it was so moderated (Job 36:9,) and they were so strengthened (D...
How could these people see God when God said in Exodus 33:20, “no man shall see me and live”? PROBLEM: Exodus 24:9-11 records that Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ascen...