Exodus 24:17

Exodus 24:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

Context of Exodus 24:17

15Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. And to the eyes of the sons of Israel, the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the mountain top. 18Then Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24:17 word by word

וּמַרְאֵה֙ כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה כְּאֵ֥שׁ אֹכֶ֖לֶת בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֑ר לְעֵינֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• And to the eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• the appearanceמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• consumingאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• on the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218

Cross-references for Exodus 24:17

• Exodus 3:2Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed.
• Exodus 19:18Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the entire mountain quaked violently.
• Deuteronomy 4:24For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
• Ezekiel 1:27Then I noticed from the appearance of His waist and upward something like gleaming metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him.
• Nahum 1:6Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath gushes forth like fire, And the rocks are broken up by Him.
• Habakkuk 3:4His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And the hiding of His might is there.
• Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

Commentaries on Exodus 24:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The glory of the Lord was like devouring fire - This appearance was well calculated to inspire the people with the deepest reverence and godly rear; and this is the use the apostle makes or it, Hebrews 12:28, Hebrews 12:29, where he evidently refers to this place, saying, Let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear; for our God is a Consuming Fire. Seeing the glory of the Lord upon the mount like a devouring fire…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-18Verses 12-18 A cloud covered the mount six days; a token of God's special presence there. Moses was sure that he who called him up would protect him. Even those glorious attributes of God which are most terrible to the wicked, the saints with humble reverence rejoice in. And through faith in the atoning Sacrifice, we hope for greater honour than Moses ever enjoyed on earth. Now we see through a glass darkly, but when he shall appear, then face to face…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17consuming fire: See 3:2 and the study note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-183-4. Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord--The rehearsal of the foregoing laws and the ten commandments, together with the promises of special blessings in the event of their obedience, having drawn forth from the people a unanimous declaration of their consent, it was forthwith recorded as the conditions of the national covenant. The next day preparations were made for having it (the covenant) solemnly ratified, by building an altar…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 24:17

• Cloud
• God
• Law
• Miracles
• Sinai
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Children of Israel
• Clearness
• Noble
• Tarry
• Ancients
• Covenant, the New
• Ethics
• Exodus, the Book of
• God

Commentaries on Exodus 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings