Exodus 24:15

Modern

When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,

Traditional

And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

Literal

And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

Latin

Cumque ascendisset Moyses, operuit nubes montem,

Hebrew

English

When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,

Israel agreed to the terms of the covenant (24:3). The covenant was then confirmed through several ceremonies:

Theme notes and profiles

Exodus 19:9
The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.
Matthew 17:5
While 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!”
Exodus 19:16
On 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 people in the camp trembled.
2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt