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And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain; and he was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Moses went on up the mountain into the cloud. There he stayed for forty days and nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When Moses went up on the mountain, he went into the center of the cloud and was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount: and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Moses goes into the midst of the cloud, and goes up to the mountain, and Moses is on the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses will come into the midst of the cloud, and will go up to the mountain: and Moses will be in the mountain forty days and forty nights.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: and he was there forty days, and forty nights. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, ascended the mountain. And he was there for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up on the mountain. He was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up to the mountain; and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moshe entered within the cloud and he came up to the mountain and Moshe was in the mountain forty days and forty nights. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount; and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up to the mountain, and was there in the mountain forty days and forty nights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/24-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=6193" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/24.htm">Moses on the Mountain</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">entered</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·wḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6051.htm" title="6051: he·‘ā·nān (Art:: N-ms) -- A cloud mass, cloud. From anan; a cloud, i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud.">the cloud</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">as he went up</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">and he</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">remained</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: bā·hār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">on the mountain</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: wə·’ar·bā·‘îm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">and forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: lā·yə·lāh (N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">nights.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm">Deuteronomy 9:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8</a></span><br />So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a></span><br />After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Luke 4:2</a></span><br />where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38</a></span><br />He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-18.htm">Hebrews 9:18-20</a></span><br />That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. / For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people, / saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-21</a></span><br />For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; / to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. / For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-11</a></span><br />Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? / For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a></span><br />Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-20.htm">Exodus 19:20</a></span><br />The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a></span><br />Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-8.htm">Numbers 12:8</a></span><br />I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/99-7.htm">Psalm 99:7</a></span><br />He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Moses went into the middle of the cloud, and got him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.</p><p class="hdg">went into</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/24-17.htm">Exodus 24:17</a></b></br> And the sight of the glory of the LORD <i>was</i> like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-29.htm">Exodus 9:29,33</a></b></br> And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; <i>and</i> the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth <i>is</i> the LORD'S… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-20.htm">Exodus 19:20</a></b></br> And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses <i>up</i> to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.</p><p class="hdg">forty days</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a></b></br> And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9,18,25</a></b></br> When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, <i>even</i> the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Deuteronomy 10:10</a></b></br> And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, <i>and</i> the LORD would not destroy thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Ascended</a> <a href="/exodus/24-16.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/exodus/19-2.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Gat</a> <a href="/exodus/24-16.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/exodus/24-16.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/24-17.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/24-17.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Nights</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Ascended</a> <a href="/exodus/33-9.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/exodus/33-8.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/exodus/26-19.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/numbers/11-30.htm">Gat</a> <a href="/exodus/25-8.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/exodus/25-1.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/25-37.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/25-40.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Nights</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Moses is called up into the mountain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">The people promise obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Moses builds an altar, and twelve pillars.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-6.htm">He sprinkles the blood of the covenant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">The glory of God appears</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-14.htm">Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-15.htm">Moses goes into the mountain, where he continues forty days and forty nights.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Moses entered the cloud</b><br>This phrase signifies a divine encounter, as the cloud represents God's presence. In biblical context, clouds often symbolize God's glory and majesty (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a>, <a href="/1_kings/8-10.htm">1 Kings 8:10-11</a>). The cloud on Mount Sinai is a theophany, a visible manifestation of God to humans. This event parallels the transfiguration of Jesus in the New Testament, where a cloud also signifies God's presence (<a href="/matthew/17-5.htm">Matthew 17:5</a>).<p><b>as he went up on the mountain</b><br>Mount Sinai, also known as Horeb, is a significant location in biblical history. It is traditionally identified with Jebel Musa in the Sinai Peninsula. This mountain is where God gave the Ten Commandments, establishing the covenant with Israel. The ascent of Moses symbolizes approaching God, a theme seen throughout Scripture, where mountains are places of divine revelation (e.g., Elijah on Mount Carmel, <a href="/1_kings/18.htm">1 Kings 18</a>).<p><b>and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights</b><br>The duration of forty days and nights is symbolic in the Bible, often associated with periods of testing, preparation, and revelation. This time frame is seen in the story of Noah's flood (<a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12</a>), Elijah's journey to Horeb (<a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8</a>), and Jesus' temptation in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). The number forty signifies a period of transformation and renewal, preparing Moses to receive the Law and instructions for the tabernacle, which foreshadows Christ's fulfillment of the Law (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Moses is the leader of the Israelites and God's chosen prophet. He enters the cloud on Mount Sinai to receive the Law from God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cloud.htm">The Cloud</a></b><br>Represents the divine presence of God. In the Old Testament, clouds often symbolize God's glory and presence.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_mountain.htm">The Mountain (Mount Sinai)</a></b><br>A significant location where God reveals Himself and His commandments to Moses. It is a place of divine encounter and covenant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/forty_days_and_forty_nights.htm">Forty Days and Forty Nights</a></b><br>A period of time that signifies completeness and preparation. It is a recurring biblical motif for times of testing and revelation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are waiting at the base of the mountain. They are the recipients of the Law that Moses will bring down.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_encounter_requires_preparation.htm">Divine Encounter Requires Preparation</a></b><br>Moses' time on the mountain was a period of preparation to receive God's Law. We should prepare our hearts to encounter God through prayer and study.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_god's_presence.htm">The Significance of God's Presence</a></b><br>The cloud symbolizes God's presence. We should seek to dwell in God's presence daily, understanding that it is transformative and holy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/patience_in_god's_timing.htm">Patience in God's Timing</a></b><br>The forty days and nights teach us about waiting on God's timing. We must trust in His perfect plan and timing for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_mediator.htm">The Role of a Mediator</a></b><br>Moses acts as a mediator between God and the Israelites. This foreshadows Christ as our ultimate mediator, bridging the gap between humanity and God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Moses' ascent to the mountain was in obedience to God's command. Our obedience to God's Word is crucial in our walk with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_moses_fast_40_days_on_sinai.htm">How could Moses remain on the mountain for forty days and nights without food or water (Exodus 24:18)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reflect_during_lent's_40_days.htm">How do we reflect during the 40 days of Lent?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_day_31_significant.htm">What is the significance of Day 31 in the journey?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_manifest_presence_of_god.htm">What is the Manifest Presence of God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.</span>--During the whole <span class= "bld">of </span>this time he took no food (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm" title="When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:">Deuteronomy 9:9</a>). Comp. The fast of Elijah (<a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm" title="And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.">1Kings 19:8</a>), and that of our blessed Lord (<a href="/matthew/3-2.htm" title="And saying, Repent you: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.">Matthew 3:2</a>). Modern imitations are in all probability impostures.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Moses went into the midst of the cloud</span>. Quitting Joshua, Moses at last, in obedience to the call out of the midst of the cloud, entered within its shadow and disappeared from human vision In this abnormal condition, alone with God, he continued for thirty-four days, making, together with the six days before he entered the cloud, the <span class="cmt_word">forty days and forty nights</span> of the text before us. It is noted in <a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9</a>, that during the whole of this time he was without food. Compare Elijah's fast (<a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8</a>), and our blessed Lord's (<a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2</a>). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/24-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">entered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the cloud</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעָנָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·nān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6051.htm">Strong's 6051: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as he went up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֣עַל</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountain,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָהָ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁה֙</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remained</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the mountain</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּהָ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">י֔וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and forty</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nights.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽיְלָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·yə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">OT Law: Exodus 24:18 Moses entered into the midst (Exo. 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