Bible Strands
Exodus 24:16
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records Moses ascending Mount Sinai after the cloud covers it, marking the moment God prepares to address him. On the seventh day, God calls to Moses from within the cloud.
The words — The text highlights וַ/יִּשְכֹּ֤ן (va/i.yish.Kon), meaning "and it settled down," describing how the glory of Yahweh rested upon the mountain.
The thread — This cloud-covering motif appears in Exodus 16:10, Numbers 16:42, and Ezekiel 1:28, where divine presence is consistently mediated through a cloud.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to recognize that divine communication occurs on God’s terms and timing, specifically after a period of waiting. It demands attentiveness to the moment God initiates contact from within the cloud.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 16:10 And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Numbers 16:42 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Ezekiel 1:28 The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
- Leviticus 9:23 Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.
- Exodus 19:11 and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
- Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
- Exodus 24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
- Numbers 14:10 But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
- Psalms 99:7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.