Exodus 24:15-18

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 Exodus 19:1-2 a.

the cloud the one which in P regularly enshrouds the -glory" of Jehovah (cf. on the tabernacle, Exodus 40:34 f.; and the note on Exodus 13:21-22, at the end). Here it covers the mount, immediately upon Israel's arrival at Sinai: contrast Exodus 19:16.

16. the glory of Jehovah] see on Exodus 16:10.

abode or dwelt: a word often used in P of Jehovah, the cloud, or the glory. Cf. Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:45-46; Exodus 40:35; Numbers 5:3; Numbers 9:17-18; Numbers 9:22; Numbers 10:12; Numbers 35:34; and on Exodus 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. Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:27; Isaiah 30:30.

18b (E). The sequel (with the original connecting words omitted) follows in Exodus 31:18 b. That Moses, according to E, was some time to the mount, is evident from the terms of Exodus 32:1: the -forty days" are alluded to in Deuteronomy 9:9; Deuteronomy 9:11.