¹¹ But on the nobles of the children of Israel He ^(A)did not ^[a]lay His hand. So ^(B)they saw God, and they ^(C)ate and drank.

²³ And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; ^24 (A)for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

¹² Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, ^[a]took a burnt ^(A)offering and other sacrifices to offer to God. And Aaron came with all the elders of Israel ^(B)to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through ^(A)to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish.

⁵⁴ Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.

¹³ Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-^[a]the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here ^[b]seen Him ^(A)who sees me?”

^16 (A)The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the ^[a]communion of the blood of Christ? ^(B)The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? ¹⁷ For ^(C)we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

¹⁸ Observe ^(D)Israel ^(E)after the flesh: ^(F)Are not those who eat of the sacrifices ^[b]partakers of the altar?