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11 Yet he did not lay a hand on these chosen Israelites. They saw God,[a] and they ate and drank.

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  1. 24:11 They saw God: the ancients thought that the sight of God would bring instantaneous death. Cf. 33:20; Gn 16:13; 32:31; Jgs 6:22–23; 13:22. Ate and drank: partook of the sacrificial meal.