Exodus 24 · Verse 15

Exodus 24:15

And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Exodus 24:15, King James Version

Exodus 24:15 in other translations

BSBWhen Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
WEBMoses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
ASVAnd Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
YLTAnd Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount;
DARBYAnd Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
BBEAnd Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.
WebsterAnd Moses went up upon the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

What does Exodus 24:15 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 24:12-18

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…

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Exodus 24:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָהָ֑רha.Harthe mountainH2022
וַיְכַ֥סvay.Khasand it coveredH3680
הֶעָנָ֖ןhe.'a.Nanthe cloudH6051
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָהָֽר\׃ha.Harthe mountainH2022

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 24:15

  • Exodus 19:9

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

  • Matthew 17:5

    While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

  • Exodus 19:16

    And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:1

    Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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a cloud.
19:9,16; 2Ch 6:1; Mt 17:5

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Context

  • Exodus 24:14

    And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

  • Exodus 24:15

    And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

  • 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.

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Exodus 24:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Moisés subió al monte, y una nube cubrió el monte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse monta sur la montagne, et la nuée couvrit la montagne.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose stieg auf den Berg, und die Wolke bedeckte den Berg.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque ascendisset Moyses, operuit nubes montem,