Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Exodus 24:16

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.

KJV

et habitavit gloria Domini super Sinai, tegens illum nube sex diebus : septimo autem die vocavit eum de medio caliginis.

Vulgate

καὶ κατέβη ἡ δόξα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸ Σινά, καὶ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτὸ ἡ νεφέλη ἓξ ἡμέρας· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Κύριος τὸν Μωυσῆν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἐκ μέσου τῆς νεφέλης.

LXX

And the glory of Jehovah 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.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁכֹּ֤ן כְּבוֹד יְהוָה֙ עַל הַ֣ר סִינַ֔י וַ/יְכַסֵּ֥/הוּ הֶ/עָנָ֖ן שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וַ/יִּקְרָ֧א אֶל מֹשֶׁ֛ה בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֖י מִ/תּ֥וֹךְ הֶ/עָנָֽן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Moses
Places Mount Sinai

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
סִינָֽי
syny
proper_noun · 35×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָנָ֖ן
'nn
noun · 87×
שֵׁ֥שׁ
shsh
adjective · 215×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×
שְּׁבִיעִ֔י
shby'y
adjective · 98×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§697Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. In the theophanies of the Old Testament, the cloud, now obscure, now luminous, reveals the living and saving God, while veiling the transcendence of his glory - with Moses on Mount Sinai,43 at the tent of meeting,44 and during the wandering in the desert,45 and with Solomon at the dedicat…
§2085The one and true God first reveals his glory to Israel.6 The revelation of the vocation and truth of man is linked to the revelation of God. Man's vocation is to make God manifest by acting in conformity with his creation "in the image and likeness of God": There will never be another God, Trypho, and there has been no other since the world began . . . than he who made and orde…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Exod 16:7 — And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
  • Exod 16:10 — And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
  • Exod 19:11 — And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
  • Exod 20:10 — But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger tha
  • Exod 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.
  • Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
  • Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
  • Lev 9:6 — And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
  • Lev 9:23 — And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.
  • Num 14:10 — But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
  • Num 16:42 — And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of
  • Ps 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
  • Ps 99:7 — He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
  • Rev 1:10 — I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,