17And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For our God is a consuming fire.
For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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…
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