Exodus 24:16
in Exodus 24and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
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ASV
And the glory of Jehovah 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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Exodus 24
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This 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 Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
BonaventureItinerarium Mentis in Deum, Chapter 1 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
Just as God completed the whole world in six days and rested on the seventh, so the lesser world may be led in most orderly fashion through six stages of successive illuminations to the repose of contemplation. As a figure of this, one ascended by …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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.
And the glory of the Lord abode upon Mount Sinai,....
21 , and while they were together it is probable that Moses did eat and drink with him; but when Moses was called into the midst of the cloud he left Joshua without, who continued to eat and drink daily while he waited for Moses's return, but thenceforward Moses fasted.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ן | vaiyishkon | and it settled down | H7931 → | 129 times |
| כְּבוֹד־ | kevod- | [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַ֣ר | har | [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| סִינַ֔י | sinai | Sinai | H5514 → | 35 times |
| וַיְכַסֵּ֥הוּ | vaykhasehu | and it covered it | H3680 → | 152 times |
| הֶעָנָ֖ן | heanan | the cloud | H6051 → | 87 times |
| שֵׁ֣שֶׁת | sheshet | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| יָמִ֑ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וַיִּקְרָ֧א | vaiyikra' | and he summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | <to> | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| בַּיּ֥וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| מִתּ֥וֹךְ | mitokh | from [the] middle of | H8432 → | 418 times |
| הֶעָנָֽן׃ | heanan | the cloud | H6051 → | 87 times |
וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ןand it settled down
vaiyishkonH7931 →129 times
כְּבוֹד־[the] glory of
kevod-H3519 →200 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַ֣ר[the] mountain of
harH2022 →546 times
סִינַ֔יSinai
sinaiH5514 →35 times
וַיְכַסֵּ֥הוּand it covered it
vaykhasehuH3680 →152 times
הֶעָנָ֖ןthe cloud
heananH6051 →87 times
שֵׁ֣שֶׁתsix
sheshetH8337 →216 times
יָמִ֑יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וַיִּקְרָ֧אand he summoned
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
אֶל־<to>
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
בַּיּ֥וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
מִתּ֥וֹךְfrom [the] middle of
mitokhH8432 →418 times
הֶעָנָֽן׃the cloud
heananH6051 →87 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
Numbers 16:42But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
it leads to
- Numbers 16:19
When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 16:19
Through
Leviticus 9:23Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.
it leads to
- Leviticus 9:6
And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 9:6
Through
Exodus 16:10And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
it leads to
- Exodus 16:7
and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 16:42
But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 16:7
Through
Ezekiel 1:28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the…
it leads to
- Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- Revelation 4:3
The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
- Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
- Ezekiel 3:23
So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
- Revelation 10:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bonaventure, Itinerarium Mentis in Deum, Chapter 1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.