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Exodus 24:17
Exodus 24:17 is verse 17 of Exodus chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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Exodus 24:15–18 · Berean Standard Bible
15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
16 and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 3:2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Deuteronomy 4:24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 4:36He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
Ezekiel 1:27From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.
Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
Habakkuk 3:4His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
Habakkuk 3:5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”