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Exodus 24:17 KJV
Exodus · chapter 24 · verse 17
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.Exodus 24:17 · King James Version
Exodus 24:17 in context
15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16And 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.
17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- devouringʼâkalto eatH398 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- sightmarʼeha viewH4758 →
- glorykâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519 →
- mounthara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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The public ceremony of sealing the covenant being over, Moses is called up to receive further instructions, which we have in the following chapters. I. He is called up into the mount, and there he remains six days at some distance.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-18