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Verse	Translation	Text
Ex 24:12	Strong Concordance	And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Come up [05927] to me into the mount [02022], and be there: and I will give [05414] thee tables [03871] of stone [068], and a law [08451], and commandments [04687] which I have written [03789]; that thou mayest teach [03384] them.
	King James	And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
I will give thee tables of stone--The ten commandments, which had already been spoken, were to be given in a permanent form. Inscribed on stone, for greater durability, by the hand of God Himself, they were thus authenticated and honored above the judicial or ceremonial parts of the law.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

I will give thee tables of stone--The ten commandments, which had already been spoken, were to be given in a permanent form. Inscribed on stone, for greater durability, by the hand of God Himself, they were thus authenticated and honored above the judicial or ceremonial parts of the law.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Many Jews understand the "tables of stone" to denote the Ten Commandments; "a law," the law written in the Pentateuch; and the "commandments" (or "the commandment"), the oral or traditional law which was in after ages put into writing in the Mishna and the Gemara. But it is more probable that the Ten Commandments alone are spoken of, and that the meaning is, "the tables of stone with the law, even the commandment."

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Exo 24:12-18 prepare the way for the subsequent revelation recorded in ch. 25-31, which Moses received concerning the erection of the sanctuary. At the conclusion of the covenant meal, the representatives of the nation left the mountain along with Moses. This is not expressly stated, indeed; since it followed as a matter of course that they returned to the camp, when the festival for which God had called them up was concluded. A command was then issued again to Moses to ascend the mountain, and remain there (והיה־שׁם), for He was about to give him the tables of stone, with (ו as in Gen 3:24) the law and commandments, which He had written for their instruction (cf. Exo 31:18). Exo 24:13-14 When Moses was preparing to ascend the mountain with his servant Joshua (vid., Jos 17:9), he ordered the elders to remain in the camp (בּזה i.e., where they were) till their return, and appointed Aaron and Hur (vid., Exo 17:10) as administrators of justice in case of any disputes occurring among the people. דּברים מי־בעל whoever has matters, matters of dispute (on this meaning of בּעל see Gen 37:19). Exo 24:15-17 When he ascended the mountain, upon which the glory of Jehovah dwelt, it was covered for six days with the cloud, and the glory itself appeared to the Israelites in the camp below like devouring fire (cf. Exo 19:16); and on the seventh day He called Moses into the cloud. Whether Joshua followed him we are not told; but it is evident from Exo 32:17 that he was with him on the mountain, though, judging from Exo 24:2 and Exo 33:11, he would not go into the immediate presence of God. Exo 24:18 "And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights," including the six days of waiting, - the whole time without eating and drinking (Deu 9:9). The number forty was certainly significant, since it was not only repeated on the occasion of his second protracted stay upon Mount Sinai (Exo 34:28; Deu 9:18), but occurred again in the forty days of Elijah's journey to Horeb the mount of God in the strength of the food received from the angel (Kg1 19:8), and in the fasting of Jesus at the time of His temptation (Mat 4:2; Luk 4:2), and even appears to have been significant in the forty years of Israel's wandering in the desert (Deu 8:2). In all these cases the number refers to a period of temptation, of the trial of faith, as well as to a period of the strengthening of faith through the miraculous support bestowed by God.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Exo 24:12-18 prepare the way for the subsequent revelation recorded in ch. 25-31, which Moses received concerning the erection of the sanctuary. At the conclusion of the covenant meal, the representatives of the nation left the mountain along with Moses. This is not expressly stated, indeed; since it followed as a matter of course that they returned to the camp, when the festival for which God had called them up was concluded. A command was then issued again to Moses to ascend the mountain, and remain there (והיה־שׁם), for He was about to give him the tables of stone, with (ו as in Gen 3:24) the law and commandments, which He had written for their instruction (cf. Exo 31:18).

Exo 24:13-14

When Moses was preparing to ascend the mountain with his servant Joshua (vid., Jos 17:9), he ordered the elders to remain in the camp (בּזה i.e., where they were) till their return, and appointed Aaron and Hur (vid., Exo 17:10) as administrators of justice in case of any disputes occurring among the people. דּברים מי־בעל whoever has matters, matters of dispute (on this meaning of בּעל see Gen 37:19).

Exo 24:15-17

When he ascended the mountain, upon which the glory of Jehovah dwelt, it was covered for six days with the cloud, and the glory itself appeared to the Israelites in the camp below like devouring fire (cf. Exo 19:16); and on the seventh day He called Moses into the cloud. Whether Joshua followed him we are not told; but it is evident from Exo 32:17 that he was with him on the mountain, though, judging from Exo 24:2 and Exo 33:11, he would not go into the immediate presence of God.

Exo 24:18

"And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights," including the six days of waiting, - the whole time without eating and drinking (Deu 9:9). The number forty was certainly significant, since it was not only repeated on the occasion of his second protracted stay upon Mount Sinai (Exo 34:28; Deu 9:18), but occurred again in the forty days of Elijah's journey to Horeb the mount of God in the strength of the food received from the angel (Kg1 19:8), and in the fasting of Jesus at the time of His temptation (Mat 4:2; Luk 4:2), and even appears to have been significant in the forty years of Israel's wandering in the desert (Deu 8:2). In all these cases the number refers to a period of temptation, of the trial of faith, as well as to a period of the strengthening of faith through the miraculous support bestowed by God.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Come up to the mount and be there - Expect to continue there for some time.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Come up to me into the mount, and be there - We may suppose Moses to have been, with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders, about midway up the mount; for it plainly appears that there were several stations on it.

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² And thou shalt remember [02142] all the way [01870] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] led [03212] thee these forty [0705] years [08141] in the wilderness [04057], to humble [06031] thee, and to prove [05254] thee, to know [03045] what was in thine heart [03824], whether thou wouldest keep [08104] his commandments [04687], or no.

² Being [3985] forty [5062] days [2250] tempted [3985] of [5259] the devil [1228]. And [2532] in [1722] those [1565] days [2250] he did eat [5315] nothing [3756] [3762]: and [2532] when they [846] were ended [4931], he afterward [5305] hungered [3983].

² And [2532] when he had fasted [3522] forty [5062] days [2250] and [2532] forty [5062] nights [3571], he was afterward [5305] an hungred [3983].

⁸ And he arose [06965], and did eat [0398] and drink [08354], and went [03212] in the strength [03581] of that meat [0396] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915] unto Horeb [02722] the mount [02022] of God [0430].

¹⁸ And I fell down [05307] before [06440] the LORD [03068], as at the first [07223], forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915]: I did neither eat [0398] bread [03899], nor drink [08354] water [04325], because of all your sins [02403] which ye sinned [02398], in doing [06213] wickedly [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], to provoke him to anger [03707].

²⁸ And he was there with the LORD [03068] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915]; he did neither eat [0398] bread [03899], nor drink [08354] water [04325]. And he wrote [03789] upon the tables [03871] the words [01697] of the covenant [01285], the ten [06235] commandments [01697].

⁹ When I was gone up [05927] into the mount [02022] to receive [03947] the tables [03871] of stone [068], even the tables [03871] of the covenant [01285] which the LORD [03068] made [03772] with you, then I abode [03427] in the mount [02022] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915], I neither did eat [0398] bread [03899] nor drink [08354] water [04325]:

¹⁸ And Moses [04872] went [0935] into the midst [08432] of the cloud [06051], and gat him up [05927] into the mount [02022]: and Moses [04872] was in the mount [02022] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915].

¹¹ And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] face [06440] to face [06440], as a man [0376] speaketh [01696] unto his friend [07453]. And he turned again [07725] into the camp [04264]: but his servant [08334] Joshua [03091], the son [01121] of Nun [05126], a young man [05288], departed [04185] not out [08432] of the tabernacle [0168].

² And Moses [04872] alone shall come near [05066] the LORD [03068]: but they shall not come nigh [05066]; neither shall the people [05971] go up [05927] with him.

¹⁷ And when Joshua [03091] heard [08085] the noise [06963] of the people [05971] as they shouted [07452], he said [0559] unto Moses [04872], There is a noise [06963] of war [04421] in the camp [04264].

¹⁶ And it came to pass on the third [07992] day [03117] in the morning [01242], that there were thunders [06963] and lightnings [01300], and a thick [03515] cloud [06051] upon the mount [02022], and the voice [06963] of the trumpet [07782] exceeding [03966] loud [02389]; so that all the people [05971] that was in the camp [04264] trembled [02729].

¹⁵ And Moses [04872] went up [05927] into the mount [02022], and a cloud [06051] covered [03680] the mount [02022].
¹⁶ And the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] abode [07931] upon mount [02022] Sinai [05514], and the cloud [06051] covered [03680] it six [08337] days [03117]: and the seventh [07637] day [03117] he called [07121] unto Moses [04872] out of the midst [08432] of the cloud [06051].
¹⁷ And the sight [04758] of the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] was like devouring [0398] fire [0784] on the top [07218] of the mount [02022] in the eyes [05869] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

¹⁹ And they said [0559] one [0376] to another [0251], Behold, this [01976] dreamer [01167] [02472] cometh [0935].

¹⁰ So Joshua [03091] did [06213] as Moses [04872] had said [0559] to him, and fought [03898] with Amalek [06002]: and Moses [04872], Aaron [0175], and Hur [02354] went up [05927] to the top [07218] of the hill [01389].

⁹ And the coast [01366] descended [03381] unto the river [05158] Kanah [07071], southward [05045] of the river [05158]: these cities [05892] of Ephraim [0669] are among [08432] the cities [05892] of Manasseh [04519]: the coast [01366] of Manasseh [04519] also was on the north side [06828] of the river [05158], and the outgoings [08444] of it were at the sea [03220]:

¹³ And Moses [04872] rose up [06965], and his minister [08334] Joshua [03091]: and Moses [04872] went up [05927] into the mount [02022] of God [0430].
¹⁴ And he said [0559] unto the elders [02205], Tarry [03427] ye here [02088] for us, until we come again [07725] unto you: and, behold, Aaron [0175] and Hur [02354] are with you: if any [04310] man [01167] have any matters [01697] to do [01167], let him come [05066] unto them.

¹⁸ And he gave [05414] unto Moses [04872], when he had made an end [03615] of communing [01696] with him upon mount [02022] Sinai [05514], two [08147] tables [03871] of testimony [05715], tables [03871] of stone [068], written [03789] with the finger [0676] of God [0430].

²⁴ So he drove out [01644] the man [0120]; and he placed [07931] at the east [06924] of the garden [01588] of Eden [05731] Cherubims [03742], and a flaming [03858] sword [02719] which turned every way [02015], to keep [08104] the way [01870] of the tree [06086] of life [02416].

¹² And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Come up [05927] to me into the mount [02022], and be there: and I will give [05414] thee tables [03871] of stone [068], and a law [08451], and commandments [04687] which I have written [03789]; that thou mayest teach [03384] them.
¹³ And Moses [04872] rose up [06965], and his minister [08334] Joshua [03091]: and Moses [04872] went up [05927] into the mount [02022] of God [0430].
¹⁴ And he said [0559] unto the elders [02205], Tarry [03427] ye here [02088] for us, until we come again [07725] unto you: and, behold, Aaron [0175] and Hur [02354] are with you: if any [04310] man [01167] have any matters [01697] to do [01167], let him come [05066] unto them.
¹⁵ And Moses [04872] went up [05927] into the mount [02022], and a cloud [06051] covered [03680] the mount [02022].
¹⁶ And the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] abode [07931] upon mount [02022] Sinai [05514], and the cloud [06051] covered [03680] it six [08337] days [03117]: and the seventh [07637] day [03117] he called [07121] unto Moses [04872] out of the midst [08432] of the cloud [06051].
¹⁷ And the sight [04758] of the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] was like devouring [0398] fire [0784] on the top [07218] of the mount [02022] in the eyes [05869] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
¹⁸ And Moses [04872] went [0935] into the midst [08432] of the cloud [06051], and gat him up [05927] into the mount [02022]: and Moses [04872] was in the mount [02022] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915].