Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
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Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
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And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
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And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
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Passages linked to Exodus 24:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 19:9 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
- Exodus 19:16 On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
- 2 Chronicles 6:1 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 24:15 And Moses went up into the mount,…
Exo 24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Ver. 15. And Moses went up into the mount.] But he went not yet into the cloud, as Exo 24:18, till the seventh day, that he might, by degrees, be heavenlised, and edged with an earnest expectation of beholding God’s glory, and understanding his will. This was heaven beforehand.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Moses went up into the mount,.... To the…
And Moses went up into the mount,.... To the top of it, and as it seems alone, leaving Joshua behind in a lower part of the mountain:
and a cloud covered the mount; in which cloud Jehovah was.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15b–18a (P). Moses is summoned up into the cloud…
15b–18a (P). Moses is summoned up into the cloud on the top of the mount. The verses are P’s parallel to the narrative of JE in ch. 19.
15b. The sequel in P to Exo_19:1-2 a.
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the cloud] the one which in P regularly enshrouds the ‘glory’ of Jehovah (cf. on the tabernacle, Exo_40:34 f.; and the note on Exo_13:21-22, at the end). Here it covers the mount, immediately upon Israel’s arrival at Sinai: contrast Exo_19:16.
16. the glory of Jehovah] see on Exo_16:10.
abode] or dwelt: a word often used in P of Jehovah, the cloud, or the glory. Cf. Exo_25:8, Exo_29:45-46, Exo_40:35; Num_5:3; Num_9:17-18; Num_9:22; Num_10:12; Num_35:34; and on Exo_25:8-9.
17. The brilliance of the ‘glory’ broke through the cloud in which it was enveloped, and became visible to the people.
devouring fire] i.e. blazing fire. Cf. Isa_29:6; Isa_30:27; Isa_30:30.
18b (E). The sequel (with the original connecting words omitted) follows in Exo_31:18 b. That Moses, according to E, was some time to the mount, is evident from the terms of Exo_32:1 : the ‘forty days’ are alluded to in Deu_9:9; Deu_9:11.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) A cloud covered the mount.—Heb., the cloud—i.e., the…
(15) A cloud covered the mount.—Heb., the cloud—i.e., the cloud which had accompanied them from Succoth (Exo_13:21-22).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Moses went up into the mount. Having made the…
Moses went up into the mount. Having made the necessary arrangements for the government of the people during his absence, Moses ascended, in company with Joshua, to the upper part of the mountain, and there waited for some further summons. A cloud, or, rather, the cloud previously mentioned, (Exo_19:16) stood gathered upon the highest eminence, and marked the special presence of God there. Moses, though called up into the mount, would not intrude into this inner sanctuary, until specially bidden to enter it.
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