Exodus 24:13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 24:12-18

The public ceremony of sealing the covenant being over, Moses is called up to receive further instructions, which we have in the following chapters. I. He is called up into the mount, and there he remains six days at some distance. Orders are given him (Exod. 24:12): Come up to the mount, and be there, that is, ?Expect to continue there for some considerable time.? Those that would have communion with God must not only come to ordinances, but they must abide by them. Blessed are those that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:13

And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua ,.... In order to go up higher on the mount. Joshua, and he only, was to go up higher with him, though not to the top of the mount, at least not into the cloud upon it, as Moses did. Joshua was his minister or servant, and waited upon him wherever he went, and was to be his successor; and therefore for his encouragement, and to qualify him the better for it, he was indulged with a sight and knowledge of things others were not; for by his not knowing... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 24:13

Moses rose up - In Exodus 24:16 ; it is said that the glory of the Lord abode on the mount, and the cloud covered it. The glory was probably above the cloud, and it was to the cloud that Moses and his servant Joshua ascended at this time, leaving Aaron and the elders below. After they had been in this region, viz., where the cloud encompassed the mountain, for six days, God appears to have called Moses up higher: compare verses Exodus 24:16 ; and Exodus 24:18 . Moses then ascended to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 24:12-18

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 24:12-18

Prolonged commune with God. Prolonged commune with God is the soul's truest strengthening, and sweetest refreshment. Without it our spirits languish—we grow weary and faint—worldliness creeps upon us—our thoughts and discourse become "of the earth, earthy"—we have no life or liveliness in ourselves, and can impart none to others. Moses' commune was abnormal, extraordinary, inimitable by us in its main features—its duration, locality, nearness of access, and completeness of isolation. But... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 24:12-18

Moses ascends the mount. Observe, 1 . He alone ascends ( Exodus 24:12 ). Aaron and his sons, with the seventy elders, were left behind. Their privilege was great as compared with that of the body of the people. Yet even they are not permitted to enter the cloud—to draw nigh into God's immediate presence. The limitations and imperfections of the legal economy are stamped on these arrangements. How superior the standing of Christians, who are all permitted to draw nigh; who have now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 24:13

Moses went up . Prompt to obey, Moses, though he had only just descended from the mount, immediately made ready to set forth and again ascend it. This time he was attended by his minister, Joshua , whose arm he had employed on a former occasion against the Amalekites ( Exodus 17:9-13 ). The name, Joshua, is, however, still given him by anticipation, since he did not receive it until he was sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan ( Numbers 13:8 , Numbers 13:16 ). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 24:13

Exodus 24:13. Joshua was his minister or servant, and it would be a satisfaction to him to have him as a companion during the six days that he tarried in the mount before God called to him. Joshua was to be his successor, and therefore thus he was honoured before the people, and thus he was prepared by being trained up in communion with God. Joshua was a type of Christ, and (as the learned Bishop Pearson well observes) Moses takes him with him unto the mount, because without Jesus, in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:1-18

The covenant sealed (24:1-18)When Moses recounted the covenant demands to them, the people once more declared their willingness to obey (cf. 19:8). In ancient times covenants were usually sealed by blood (see notes on Genesis 15:7-21), and at Sinai too God and his people were joined in a blood ritual. Half of the blood was thrown against the altar (representing God) and half was sprinkled on the people. This blood ritual, though having its usual significance in covenant ceremonies, may have had... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 24:12-14

"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandments, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them. And Moses rose up and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mountain of God. 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; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.""Unto Moses ... come up ... into the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 24:12-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 24:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 24:12-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 24:12-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 24:12-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 24:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 24:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:1-18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 24:12-14

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