Exodus 24:11
10 and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself. 11 But he did not lay a hand on the leaders of the Israelites, so they saw God, and they ate and they drank. 12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”
Onkelos Exodus 24:11
10 And they saw the Glory of the God of Israel, and under the throne of His glory as the work of a precious stone, and as the face of heaven for its clearness. 11 Yet the princes of the sons of Israel were not hurt; and they saw the Glory of the Lord, and rejoiced in their sacrifices which were accepted with favour, as though they had eaten and drunk. 12 And the Lord said to Mosheh, Come up into My Presence in the mountain, and be there, and I will give thee the tablets of stone, and the law and the precepts, as I have written (them), that thou mayest teach them.
Notes and References
"... By adding phrases to the verse such as 'as if' the Aramaic transforms the biblical 'and they ate and drank,' and negates the unseemly implication that the leaders indulged themselves with food and drink during their experience of God. This would have been improper and impious behavior. However, Rashi states that they ate and drank during the experience. Ibn Ezra also accepts the view that the leaders ate and drank, but explains that, being human, they had to sustain themselves. The Babylonian Talmud (Yoma 70a) has the notion that they piously rejoiced with eating and drinking 'as did the high priest after the Day of Atonement.' Ibn Ezra believes that the episode is mentioned to distinguish these people from Moses, who miraculously did not eat for forty days and nights while in presence. Nachmanides emphasizes that the lesson contained in this passage is that Jews should feast on holidays and when they conclude a unit of Torah study ..."
Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner Onkelos on the Torah, Exodus: Understanding the Bible Text (p. 161) Gefen, 2006