Exodus 24:15
in Exodus 24When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
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ASV
And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
KJV
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
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This verse in Exodus 24
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
and a cloud covered the mount
on Exodus 24:15-16
The cloud covers the mountain for six days and on the seventh God calls Moses out of the middle of it. What Moses receives up there, in chapters 25 to 31, comes in seven speeches, and the seventh of them is the sabbath at 31:12-17. Genesis 1 and 2 put six days of making before a seventh that is blessed and sanctified, and the tabernacle account keeps that count from this verse onward.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
‘TARRY YE HERE FOR US.’ The meaning of this is that when Moses parted from them with his minister, he commanded them that they should tarry there.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַל | vaiyaal | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָהָ֑ר | hahar | the mountain | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וַיְכַ֥ס | vaykhas | and it covered | H3680 → | 152 times |
| הֶעָנָ֖ן | heanan | the cloud | H6051 → | 87 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָהָֽר׃ | hahar | the mountain | H2022 → | 546 times |
וַיַּ֥עַלand he went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָהָ֑רthe mountain
haharH2022 →546 times
וַיְכַ֥סand it covered
vaykhasH3680 →152 times
הֶעָנָ֖ןthe cloud
heananH6051 →87 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָהָֽר׃the mountain
haharH2022 →546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
it leads to
- Matthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Matthew 12:18
“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
- Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
- Mark 9:7
Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
- Hebrews 2:1–3
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Matthew 3:17
Through
Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the…
it leads to
- Hebrews 12:18–19
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- Psalms 18:11–14
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
- Revelation 4:1
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show…
- Hebrews 12:18–19
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.