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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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 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 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.
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Passages linked to Exodus 24:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Hebrews 12:29 for our God is a consuming fire.
- Deuteronomy 4:24 For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
- Exodus 3:2 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 bush was not consumed.
- Deuteronomy 4:36 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 words out of the middle of the fire.
- Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
- Exodus 19:18 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 mountain quaked greatly.
- Habakkuk 3:4-5 His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden. Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.
- Ezekiel 1:27 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 appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
- Nahum 1:6 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 broken apart by him.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The Lord appeareth like devouring fire to carnal men:…
The Lord appeareth like devouring fire to carnal men: but to them that he draweth with his Spirit, he is like pleasant Sapphire.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 24:17 And the sight of the glory of…
Exo 24:17 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.
Ver. 17. Was like devouring fire.] So it is still; {Heb 12:29} which so terrifieth the sinners in Zion, that they run away with these words in their mouths, "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?" {Isa 33:14}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He saith
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devouring fire, as appears by Moses’s long abode in it. Note here, whatsoever the elders of Israel saw before, the people saw no similitude of God, as Moses observes, Deu 4:15.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the sight of the glory of the Lord…
And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount,.... For when God spoke out of the cloud, the glory of the Lord flashed out like devouring fire; it was not devouring fire, but it was like it; it was like a great blaze of fire, which consumes all that is in its ways; it was such a large body of light, and so clear and bright, that it looked like devouring flames of fire; and being upon the top of the mount was very visible, and seen at a great distance in the eyes of the children of Israel throughout, their camp.
Exodus 24:18
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. The glory of the Lord was like…
Verse 17. The glory of the Lord was like devouring fire] This appearance was well calculated to inspire the people with the deepest reverence and godly rear; and this is the use the apostle makes or it, Heb 12:28-29, where he evidently refers to this place, saying, Let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear; for our God is a CONSUMING FIRE. Seeing the glory of the Lord upon the mount like a devouring fire, Moses having tarried long, the Israelites probably supposed that he had been devoured or consumed by it, and therefore the more easily fell into idolatry. But how could they do this, with this tremendous sight of God's glory before their eyes?
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) The sight of the glory of the Lord.—To…
(17) The sight of the glory of the Lord.—To the Israelites in the plain below, the appearance on the top of the Ras Sufsafeh was “like devouring fire.” A light like that of a conflagration rested on the top of the Ras Sufsafeh all the time that Moses was away.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Meanwhile, to those below in the plain, "the glory…
Meanwhile, to those below in the plain, "the glory of the Lord" on the summit above them, was like devouring fire on the top of the mount. They had but to lift their eyes thither, and they saw his wonderful glory showing like a huge fire on the spot from which he had spoken to them. (Exo_20:18) This manifestation continued certainly for the first six days; whether it lasted longer or not is open to question.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:17 consuming fire: See 3:2 and study note.
24:17 consuming fire: See 3:2 and study note.
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