King James Version
Exodus 24:18 in the King James Version says “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 for...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 24:18 · KJV
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.
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and gat him up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“days”
H3117a 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 asso
“nights”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
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