Exodus 24:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

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  • Exod 34:28 : 28 And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.
  • Deut 10:10 : 10 And I was in the mountain, as at the first time, for forty days and forty nights; and again the ears of the Lord were open to my prayer, and he did not send destruction on you.
  • Deut 9:18 : 18 And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.
  • Deut 9:25 : 25 So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.
  • Exod 9:29 : 29 And Moses said, When I am gone outside the town, my hands will be stretched out to the Lord; the thunders and the ice-storm will come to an end, so that you may see that the earth is the Lord's.
  • Exod 9:33 : 33 So Moses went out of the town, and stretching out his hands made prayer to God: and the thunders and the ice-storm came to an end; and the fall of rain was stopped.
  • Exod 19:20 : 20 Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
  • Exod 24:17 : 17 And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.
  • Matt 4:2 : 2 And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.
  • Mark 1:13 : 13 And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.
  • Luke 4:2 : 2 For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 90%

    15 And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.

    16 And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.

    17 And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • 82%

    28 And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.

    29 Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God.

  • 80%

    12 And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.

    13 Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

  • 9 When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.

  • 78%

    34 Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;

    35 So that Moses was not able to go into the Tent of meeting, because the cloud was resting on it, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord.

    36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:

    37 But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.

    38 For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.

  • 20 Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

  • 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:

  • 3 And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:

  • 11 Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement.

  • 2 And be ready by the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai, and come before me there in the morning, on the top of the mountain.

  • 75%

    33 And at the end of his talk with them, Moses put a veil over his face.

    34 But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to have talk with him, he took off the veil till he came out. And whenever he came out he said to the children of Israel what he had been ordered to say;

    35 And the children of Israel saw that the face of Moses was shining: so Moses put the veil over his face again till he went to the Lord.

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    16 And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

    17 And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

  • 30 Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

  • Exod 24:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.

    2 And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

  • 21 And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

  • 14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.

  • Exod 33:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his tent, looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent.

    9 And whenever Moses went into the Tent, the pillar of cloud came down, and took its place by the door of the Tent, as long as the Lord was talking with Moses.

  • 4 Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord, and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Acts 7:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30 At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

    31 And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 10 And I was in the mountain, as at the first time, for forty days and forty nights; and again the ears of the Lord were open to my prayer, and he did not send destruction on you.

  • 22 And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;

  • 44 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • 1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • 9 And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.

  • 11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

  • 4 So Moses got two stones cut like the first; and early in the morning he went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had said, with the two stones in his hand.

  • 8 For thirty days the children of Israel were weeping for Moses in the table-lands of Moab, till the days of weeping and sorrow for Moses were ended.

  • 8 So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.