Exodus 24:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

They saw the God of Israel; not any visible resemblance of the Divine nature, which is expressly denied, Deuteronomy 4:15 1 Timothy 6:16, and was refused to Moses when he desired it, Exodus 33:18,20, and therefore surely would never be granted to the elders of Israel; but some glorious appearance or token of God's special presence; or rather, the Second Person in the Trinity, who now showed himself to them in a human and glorious shape, as an essay and testimony of his future incarnation. This may seem probable,

1. Because here is mention of his feet.

2. Because this way of Christ's appearance was not unusual. See Ge 18, &c.

3. Because the person who delivered the law in Sinai was Christ, as appears from Acts 7:38, though he be there called an angel, a name oft given to Christ, as hath been formerly showed. A sapphire stone is of a clear sky colour, mixed with golden spots like stars in the sky. In his clearness, or, for clearness. A clear sky in prophetical style signifying God's favour, as a cloudy sky notes his anger.

Exodus 24:10

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.