Exodus 24:11
What does Exodus 24:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 24:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Neither 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they sawGod, and ate and drank.
Context
v.10and 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.
v.11This passage
v.12And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:54
And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.
- 1 Kings 21:8
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.
- Exodus 18:12
And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
- 2 Chronicles 23:20
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
- Luke 15:23
and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:
- Nehemiah 2:16
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
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