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Exodus 34:2

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Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 2

God having in the foregoing chapter intimated to Moses his reconciliation to Israel, here gives proofs of it, proceeding to settle his covenant and communion with them. Four instances of the return of his favour we have in this chapter: - I. The orders he gives to Moses to come up to the mount, the next morning, and bring two tables of stone with him (Exo 34:1-4). II. His meeting him there, and the proclamation of his name (Exo 34:5-9). III. The instructions he gave him there, and his converse with him for forty days together, without intermission (v. 10-28). IV. The honour he put upon him when he sent him down with his face shining (Exo 34:29-35). In all this God dealt with Moses as a public person, and mediator between him and Israel, and a type of the great Mediator.

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Strong's Concordancev. 2

כּוּן (kûwn, H3559) — properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a… בֹּקֶר (bôqer, H1242) — properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning עָלָה (ʻâlâh, H5927) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of… הַר (har, H2022) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) סִינַי (Çîynay, H5514) — Sinai, mountain of Arabia נָצַב (nâtsab, H5324) — to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively) רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, H7218) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of…

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Exodus 19:20rank 4

The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

Deuteronomy 9:25rank 3

So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.

Exodus 19:11rank 3

and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Exodus 19:24rank 2

And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”

Exodus 24:12rank 2

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

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