Exodus 24:12-18

12 Now the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and remain there, and ¹I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction."

13 So Moses arose with ²Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to ³the mountain of God.

14 But to the elders he said, "⁴Wait here for us until * we return to you. And behold, ⁵Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a legal matter, let him approach them."

15 Then Moses went up to the mountain, and ⁶the cloud covered the mountain.

16 ⁷The glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He ⁸called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.

17 ⁹And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a ¹⁰consuming fire on the mountain top.

18 Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain ¹¹forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24:12-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 24

In this chapter we have an account that Moses was ordered to come up to the Lord alone, Ex 24:1,2, but that before he did go up, he related to the people all the above laws delivered to him, which they promised obedience to, and so a covenant was made between God and the people by sacrifice, and by the sprinkling of blood, Ex 24:3-8, upon which he and Aaron, and his two sons and seventy elders of Israel, went up part of the mountain, and had a vision of God, Ex 24:9-11, when Moses with Joshua was called, and went up higher, until at length he entered into the cloud where the Lord was, and continued forty days and forty nights, Ex 24:12-18.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15; Deuteronomy 5:22
• 2. Exodus 17:9-14; Exodus 33:11
• 3. Exodus 3:1
• 4. Genesis 22:5
• 5. Exodus 17:10, 12
• 6. Exodus 19:9
• 7. Exodus 16:10; Numbers 14:10
• 8. Psalms 99:7
• 9. Exodus 3:2; Ezekiel 1:28
• 10. Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Hebrews 12:29
• 11. Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9; Deuteronomy 10:10

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "be"
• [b]. Lit "and"
• [c]. Lit "and"
• [d]. Or "minister"
• [e]. Lit "is a master of matters"
• [f]. Lit "dwelt"
• [g]. Lit "and"