“In contemplation, there is admiration, expansion, a transference and restoration of one's self. Hence, "after gazing on God, they could still eat and drink."”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 3
Original
11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
10And 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.
— Exodus 24:11 —
12And 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.
13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.