Bible Strands
Exodus 34:2
Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to Moses immediately after commanding him to carve new stone tablets, directing him to ascend Mount Sinai at dawn.
The words — נָכ֖וֹן (na.Khon) translates literally as "prepared," and לַ/בֹּ֑קֶר (la./Bo.ker) means "to the morning," anchoring the command in immediate temporal readiness.
The thread — The pattern of preparation and ascent recurs in Exodus 19:11 and Exodus 19:20, while Deuteronomy 9:25 references the prolonged stay that follows this directive.
Why it lands — The text requires prompt physical and spiritual readiness for a specific location, establishing that approach to the divine demands exact timing and deliberate action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
Cross-references
- Exodus 19:20 The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 9:25 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
- Exodus 19:24 And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”
- Exodus 24:12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”