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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ils virent le Dieu d'Israël; sous ses pieds, c'était comme un ouvrage de saphir transparent, comme le ciel lui-même dans sa pureté.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Confusione Linguarum
υ σαπφείρου καὶ ὡς ἂν εἶδος στερεώματος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ", τὸν αἰσθητὸν κόσμον, ὃν αἰνίττεται διὰ τούτων (Exod. 24,10). εὐπρεπὲς γὰρ τοῖς ἑταιρείαν πρὸς ἐπιστήμην θεμένοις ἐφίεσθαι μὲν τοῦ τὸ ὂν ἰδεῖν, εἰ δὲ μὴ δύναιντο, τὴν γοῦν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, τὸν ἱερώτατον λόγον, μεθ’ ὃν καὶ τὸ ἐν αἰ…
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
’ ὅλων ἀσωμάτοις δυνάμεσιν αὐτὸς ὁ θεός. „εἶδον“ γάρ φησι „τὸν τόπον οὗ εἱστήκει ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ“ (Exod. 24, 10), ἐν ᾧ μόνῳ καὶ ἱερουργεῖν ἐφῆκεν ἀλλαχόθι κωλύσας· διείρηται γὰρ ἀναβαίνειν εἰς τὸν τόπον, ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξηται κύριος ὁ θεός, κἀκεῖ θύειν τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ τὰ σωτήρια…
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
ὲ καὶ Μωυσῆς περὶ τοῦ μὴ τρέπεσθαι τὸ θεῖον φάσκων· „εἶδον τὸν τόπον οὗ εἱστήκει ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ“ (Exod. 24, 10), τὸ μὴ μεταβάλλειν διὰ τῆς στάσεως καὶ ἱδρύσεως αἰνιττόμενος. ἀλλὰ γὰρ τοσαύτη περὶ τὸ θεῖόν ἐστιν ὑπερβολὴ τοῦ βεβαίου, ὥστε καὶ ταῖς ἐπιλελεγμέναις φύσεσιν ἐχυρότη…
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