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Exodus 24:18

Moses

16 And 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.

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.

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.
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BSB
Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
BLB
And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and he went up to the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
ÅB
Og Moses gikk midt inn skyen og steg opp på fjellet; og Moses var på fjellet i førti dager og førti netter.
OTB
Moses gikk inn i skyen da han steg opp på fjellet, og han ble på fjellet i førti dager og førti netter.
B1930
Og Moses gikk midt inn skyen og steg op på fjellet; og Moses var på fjellet i firti dager og firti netter.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 9:9

    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 abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

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  • Deuteronomy 10:10

    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, and the LORD would not destroy thee.

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  • Exodus 34:28

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:18

    And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:25

    Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

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  • Exodus 24:17

    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.

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  • Exodus 19:20

    And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

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  • Luke 4:2

    Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

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