Exodus 24:13-14

13 So Moses arose with 1Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to 2the mountain of God.
14 But to the elders he said, "3Wait here for us until * we return to you. And behold, 4Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a legal matter, let him approach them."

Exodus 24:13-14 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 4

  • 1. Exodus 17:9-14; Exodus 33:11
  • 2. Exodus 3:1
  • 3. Genesis 22:5
  • 4. Exodus 17:10, 12

Footnotes 3

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