And they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. They saw. The God who warned that no one may see His face and live is seen here by seventy-four people, and they do not die. What they see is not an abstract vision or a symbolic representation but the actual divine presence — and what they can describe is under his feet: the pavement of blue stone, sky-bright. The description of what is seen is partial and indirect: not the face of God but what is beneath Him, the throne's footstool. Ezekiel 1:22–26 describes a similar vision of the divine throne. Revelation 4:6 describes before the throne something like a sea of glass, clear as crystal — the blue pavement of Sinai is part of the heavenly throne room's permanent décor.

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