Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. Yahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud. The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. Yahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud. The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. Moses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
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Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Yahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.
The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the seventh day He called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
And the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Cross-references (24)
- Exodus 16:10 (v16) As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, Yahweh’s glory appeared…
- Exodus 19:9 (v15) 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…
- Hebrews 12:29 (v17) for our God is a consuming fire.
- Numbers 16:42 (v16) When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it,…
- Deuteronomy 4:24 (v17) For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
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- Exodus 3:2 (v17) Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the…
- Deuteronomy 4:36 (v17) Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his…
- Ezekiel 1:28 (v16) As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the…
- Matthew 17:5 (v15) While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved…
- Hebrews 12:18 (v17) For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
- Exodus 19:16 (v15) 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…
- Exodus 19:18 (v17) All of Mount Sinai smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole…
- Leviticus 9:23 (v16) Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people; and Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the people.
- Habakkuk 3:4-5 (v17) His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden. Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his…
- Exodus 19:11 (v16) and be ready for the third day; for on the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
- Exodus 20:10 (v16) but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male…
- Exodus 24:17 (v16) The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 14:10 (v16) But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. Yahweh’s glory appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 6:1 (v15) Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- Psalms 99:7 (v16) He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.
- Ezekiel 1:27 (v17) I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the…
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 (v16) seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory…
- Revelation 1:10 (v16) I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
- Nahum 1:6 (v17) Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv16–17 Or, him.
Or, him.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv15–17 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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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv16–17 The glory of the Lord, i.e. the tokens of…
The glory of the Lord, i.e. the tokens of his glorious presence in the fire, Exo 24:17; Deu 4:36.
The cloud covered it from the eyes of the people.
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The seventh day; so long God made Moses wait, either to exercise his humility, devotion, and dependence upon God; or to prepare him by degrees for so great a work; or because this was the sabbath day, called therefore the seventh with an emphatical article; and God might choose that day for the beginning of that glorious work, to put the greater honour upon it, and oblige the people to a stricter observance of it. So it was upon a Lord’s day that St. John had his revelation delivered to him, Rev 1:10.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv15–17 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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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v16 A cloud covered the mount six days - A…
A cloud covered the mount six days - A visible token of God's special presence there, for he so shews himself to us, as at the same time to conceal himself from us, he lets us know so much as to assure us of his power and grace, but intimates to us that we cannot find him out to perfection. During these six days Moses staid waiting upon the mountain, for a call into the presence- chamber. And on the seventh day - Probably the sabbath-day, he called unto Moses. Now the thick cloud opened in the sight of all Israel, and the glory of the Lord broke forth like devouring fire.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv16–17 Verse 16. And the seventh day he called] It…
Verse 16. And the seventh day he called] It is very likely that Moses went up into the mount on the first day of the week; and having with Joshua remained in the region of the cloud during six days, on the seventh, which was the Sabbath, God spake to him, and delivered successively to him, during forty days and forty nights, the different statutes and ordinances which are afterwards mentioned.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v16 Exo 24:16. A cloud covered the mount six days…
Exo 24:16. A cloud covered the mount six days — A visible token of God’s special presence there, for he so shows himself to us, as at the same time to conceal himself from us; he lets us know so much as to assure us of his power and grace, but intimates to us that we cannot find him out to perfection. During these six days Moses stayed waiting upon the mountain, for a call into the presence-chamber. And on the seventh day — Probably the sabbath day; he called unto Moses — Now the thick cloud opened in the sight of all Israel, and the glory of the Lord broke forth like devouring fire.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v16 Called him, to come up still higher, while Josue…
Called him, to come up still higher, while Josue remained there.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v16 16. Glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai…
16. Glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai — Compare the theophany as described in Exo_19:16-20. Whether the six days here mentioned were subsequent to Moses’s departure from the elders or previous to it, is a question not easily determined by the text. Either supposition is possible. The order of statements in the narrative does not determine the question, for in Exo_24:13-14 we observe that Moses’s direction for the elders is spoken after it is said that he and Joshua went up into the mount. In the note above, on Exo_24:9, we have given preference to the view that the sacrificial feast was prolonged for six days, during which time all that is recorded in Exo_24:3-11 occurred. During this solemn sealing of the covenant it was appropriate that the cloud should cover the mountain, and that on the seventh day Moses should be called to go up and receive the further revelations.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v15 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 On vv15–17 (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 On vv15–17 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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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v16 Yahweh's glory
Yahweh's glory
This was the brilliant light of God's presence. AT: "The brilliant light showing God's presence" (See: Metonymy)
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like a devouring fire
This means the glory of Yahweh was very large and seemed to burn brightly like a fire. AT: "like a big fire burning" (See: Simile)
in the eyes of the Israelites
Their eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents their thoughts or judgment about they saw. AT: "to the Israelites" (See: Metaphor)
forty days and forty nights
"40 days and 40 nights" (See: Numbers)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v17 24:17 consuming fire: See 3:2 and study note.
24:17 consuming fire: See 3:2 and study note.
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