KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 24:18 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Moses” | מֹשֶׁ֛ה | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “went” | וַיָּבֹ֥א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | went |
| “into the midst” | בְּת֥וֹךְ | A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center | midst |
| “of the cloud,” | הֶֽעָנָ֖ן | A cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud | cloud |
| “and gat him up” | וַיַּ֣עַל | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | gat up |
| “into” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | into |
| “the mount:” | הָהָ֑ר | A mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) | mount |
| “and Moses” | מֹשֶׁה֙ | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “was” | וַיְהִ֤י | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | was |
| “in the mount” | בָּהָ֔ר | A mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) | mount |
| “forty” | אַרְבָּעִ֣ים | Forty | forty |
| “days” | י֔וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “and forty” | וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים | Forty | forty |
| “nights.” | לָֽיְלָה׃ | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | nights |
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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.
17 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.
18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
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