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Exodus 24:17

Israel
God's holiness

15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,

16 and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

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

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BSB
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
KJV
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.
WEB
The appearance of the LORD’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
ASV
And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
DARBY
And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel.
BLB
And the sight of the glory of YHWH [was] like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.
ÅB
Og Herrens herlighet var å se til for Israels barns øyne som en fortærende ild på fjellets topp.
OTB
For israelittene fremsto Herrens herlighet som en fortærende ild på toppen av fjellet.
B1930
Og Herrens herlighet var å se til for Israels barns øine som en fortærende ild på fjellets topp.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 12:29

    “For our God is a consuming fire.”

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  • Deuteronomy 4:24

    For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

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  • Exodus 3:2

    There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

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  • Hebrews 12:18

    For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

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  • Deuteronomy 4:36

    He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.

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  • Habakkuk 3:4–5

    His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.

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  • Exodus 19:18

    Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

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  • Ezekiel 1:27

    From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.

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