🔥WEB · Exodus 24:17
What does Exodus 24:17 mean?
"The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel."
— Exodus 24:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”
Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Yahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.
The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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.
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