Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 24:15
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
15b 18a (P). Moses is summoned up into the cloud on the top of the mount. The verses are P’s parallel to the narrative of JE in ch. 19.
15b. The sequel in P to Exo 19:1-2 a.
the cloud ] the one which in P regularly enshrouds the ‘glory’ of Jehovah (cf. on the tabernacle, Exo 40:34 f.; and the note on Exo 13:21-22, at the end). Here it covers the mount, immediately upon Israel’s arrival at Sinai: contrast Exo 19:16.
16. the glory of Jehovah ] see on Exo 16:10.
abode ] or dwelt: a word often used in P of Jehovah, the cloud, or the glory. Cf. Exo 25:8, Exo 29:45-46, Exo 40:35; Num 5:3; Num 9:17-18; Num 9:22; Num 10:12; Num 35:34; and on Exo 25:8-9.
17. The brilliance of the ‘glory’ broke through the cloud in which it was enveloped, and became visible to the people.
devouring fire ] i.e. blazing fire. Cf. Isa 29:6; Isa 30:27; Isa 30:30.
18b (E). The sequel (with the original connecting words omitted) follows in Exo 31:18 b. That Moses, according to E, was some time to the mount, is evident from the terms of Exo 32:1: the ‘forty days’ are alluded to in Deu 9:9; Deu 9:11.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And Moses went up into the mount,…. To the top of it, and as it seems alone, leaving Joshua behind in a lower part of the mountain:
and a cloud covered the mount; in which cloud Jehovah was.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) A cloud covered the mount.Heb., the cloudi.e., the cloud which had accompanied them from Succoth (Exo. 13:21-22).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Mat 17:5 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Ver. 15. And Moses went up into the mount. ] But he went not yet into the cloud, as Exo 24:18 , till the seventh day, that he might, by degrees, be heavenlised, and edged with an earnest expectation of beholding God’s glory, and understanding his will. This was heaven beforehand.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
a cloud = the cloud.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
a cloud: Exo 19:9, Exo 19:16, 2Ch 6:1, Mat 17:5
Reciprocal: Exo 3:1 – the mountain Exo 4:27 – the mount Exo 19:3 – went up Exo 24:1 – Come up Exo 24:2 – General Exo 24:12 – Come up Deu 9:9 – I was Hab 3:3 – His glory