Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.
Verse 16. And the seventh day he called] It is very likely that Moses went up into the mount on the first day of the week; and having with Joshua remained in the region of the cloud during six days, on the seventh, which was the Sabbath, God spake to him, and delivered successively to him, during forty days and forty nights, the different statutes and ordinances which are afterwards mentioned.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The glory of the Lord, i.e. the tokens of his glorious presence in the fire, Exo 24:17; Deu 4:36.
The cloud covered it from the eyes of the people.
The seventh day; so long God made Moses wait, either to exercise his humility, devotion, and dependence upon God; or to prepare him by degrees for so great a work; or because this was the sabbath day, called therefore the seventh with an emphatical article; and God might choose that day for the beginning of that glorious work, to put the greater honour upon it, and oblige the people to a stricter observance of it. So it was upon a Lords day that St. John had his revelation delivered to him, Rev 1:10.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the glory of the Lord abode upon Mount Sinai,…. The divine Shechinah or Majesty, some visible token of it, an exceeding great brightness and splendour:
and the cloud covered it six days; either the glory of the Lord, so that it could not be seen it had been; or the mount, as Jarchi; but that is observed before, unless repeated for the sake of the time it covered it, six days; or him, Moses, as some in Jarchi, who for six days together was covered with a thick cloud, so that he was not seen by any while on the mountain; and thus he remained, until he was admitted into the immediate presence of God, for which he was now preparing: what he did, or was made known to him during this time, is not said; it is probable his thoughts were employed about the glory and greatness of the divine Being; and as he was abstracted from earthly men and things, he was more at leisure to contemplate on divine and heavenly things, and so was more fitted for an intercourse with God, and had more courage and presence of mind to enter into it:
and on the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud; in which the glory of God was, and which seems to favour the first sense of the preceding clause, that it was the glory of God the cloud covered.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) The seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.Moses, it is evident, would not enter the cloud without a positive summons. It pleased God to put off the summons for six days. Moses doubtless employed the time in such prayer and meditation as rendered him fit for near contact with Deity.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
16. Glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai Compare the theophany as described in Exo 19:16-20. Whether the six days here mentioned were subsequent to Moses’s departure from the elders or previous to it, is a question not easily determined by the text . Either supposition is possible . The order of statements in the narrative does not determine the question, for in Exo 24:13-14 we observe that Moses’s direction for the elders is spoken after it is said that he and Joshua went up into the mount . In the note above, on Exo 24:9, we have given preference to the view that the sacrificial feast was prolonged for six days, during which time all that is recorded in Exo 24:3-11 occurred. During this solemn sealing of the covenant it was appropriate that the cloud should cover the mountain, and that on the seventh day Moses should be called to go up and receive the further revelations.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 24:16. And the glory of the Lord abode The glory of the Lord was, as appears from Exo 24:17 like devouring fire; see Psa 97:2-3. This was the immediate symbol of the Divine Presence. Besides this, a thick dark cloud enveloped the mountain; which cloud, for six days, covered or concealed from the view of Moses himself, the bright symbol of the Divine glory. On the seventh day God called Moses into the midst of this cloud, and, consequently, to the nearest possible access to the Divine Presence: he was pleased to exercise the patience and humility of Moses for the space of six days, and not to admit him to receive his orders till the seventh, which, probably, was the sabbath: where Joshua attended during this period, we are not informed. From this intercourse of Moses with God, the Pagans derived their fables concerning the intercourse of their most celebrated lawgivers with the gods who communicated their laws to them.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Was not this seventh day the Lord’s day? Rev 1:10 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 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.
Ver. 16. Six days. ] The people had but three days of preparation to receive the law; Moses hath six. Singular holiness is required of ministers: the measures of the sanctuary were double to the ordinary, as the shekel, cubit, &c. Ministers had need wish, as Elisha did, a doubled and trebled spirit, that they may save themselves and those that hear them. 1Ti 4:16
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
six days. See App-50.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the glory: Exo 24:17, Exo 16:10, Lev 9:23, Num 14:10, Num 16:42, Eze 1:28, 2Co 4:6
seventh day: Exo 19:11, Exo 20:10, Rev 1:10
Reciprocal: Exo 16:7 – ye shall Exo 18:5 – General Exo 19:9 – Lo Lev 9:4 – to day Lev 9:6 – and the glory Deu 4:36 – General 1Ki 8:9 – when Psa 97:2 – Clouds Eze 1:4 – a great
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 24:16. A cloud covered the mount six days A visible token of Gods special presence there, for he so shows himself to us, as at the same time to conceal himself from us; he lets us know so much as to assure us of his power and grace, but intimates to us that we cannot find him out to perfection. During these six days Moses stayed waiting upon the mountain, for a call into the presence-chamber. And on the seventh day Probably the sabbath day; he called unto Moses Now the thick cloud opened in the sight of all Israel, and the glory of the Lord broke forth like devouring fire.