⁹ Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders^(A) of Israel went up ¹⁰ and saw^(B) the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli,^(C) as bright blue as the sky.^{(D) 11} But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw^(E) God, and they ate and drank.^(F)

Psalm 82

A psalm of Asaph.

¹⁹ Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne^(A) with all the multitudes^(B) of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. ²⁰ And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’

“One suggested this, and another that. ²¹ Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’

²² “‘By what means?’ the Lord asked.

“‘I will go out and be a deceiving^(C) spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said.

“‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’

²³ “So now the Lord has put a deceiving^(D) spirit in the mouths of all these prophets^(E) of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster^(F) for you.”