And they saw the God of Israel: Under His feet there was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity. —Exodus 24:10
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Malka Simkovich
MALKA Z. SIMKOVICH is the editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society. Her most recent book is Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity.