# Exodus 24.11 **Book:** [Exodus](/codex/exodus/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 9. Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10. 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 were the very heaven for clearness. > > **11. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.** > > 12. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them. 13. And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God. (Exodus 24:9-13, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 9. Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up. 10. They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness. > > **11. He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.** > > 12. Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.” 13. Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain. (Exodus 24:9-13, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 9. Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 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. > > **11. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.** > > 12. And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 13. And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. (Exodus 24:9-13, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 9. And Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10. and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity; > > **11. 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.** > > 12. And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.' 13. And Moses riseth, Joshua his minister also, and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God; (Exodus 24:9-13, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [God Is Not a Man Objection Defeater](/codex/god-is-not-a-man-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ --- ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.