Exodus 24:18

Translations

Modern

Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Traditional

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Literal

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and he went up to the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Latin

Ingressusque Moyses medium nebulæ, ascendit in montem: et fuit ibi quadraginta diebus, et quadraginta noctibus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Notes

Exodus 24:1–18

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

First, the covenant was written down and read aloud to the people (24:4, 7).
Then blood was sprinkled as part of the ceremony (24:6).
The leaders also shared a covenant meal in God’s presence (24:11).
Finally, the glory of the Lord appeared on the mountain (24:15–18).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses God’s Covenants Pure Worship The Broken Covenant The Cloud and Fire The Glory of God

Related verses

Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
Exodus 34:28
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Deuteronomy 10:10
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
Deuteronomy 9:25
So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
Mark 1:13
…and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
Exodus 19:20
The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
Exodus 9:29
Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
Matthew 4:2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Exodus 24:17
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
Exodus 9:33
Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
Luke 4:2
…where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

People

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Blood Book of Exodus Criminal Law and Punishment Deuteronomy, Book of Fellowship Glory History of Israel Jesus Christ, Teachings of

Topics

Cloud of Glory: Special Appearances of: At Giving of the Law Cloud: Pillar of Fasting: Prolonged for Forty Days, by Moses Forty: Days by Moses Law: (Contained in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy): Divine Authority For Sinai: A Mountain in the Peninsula East of the Red Sea: The Law Delivered to Moses Upon

Exodus 24:18

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