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Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them."
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The Call to "Be There"
Commentators emphasize that God's command to Moses was not just to "come up" but to "be there," indicating a prolonged and intimate stay in the divine presence. This wasn't a quick transaction but an extended period of communion, necessary for receiving the detailed plans for Israel's life and worship. This highlights God's desire for a deep, abiding relationship with His chosen leader.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Many Jews understand the “tables of stone” to denote the Ten Commandments; “a law,” the law written in the Pentateuch; and the “commandments” (or “…
19th Century
Anglican
Come up to me into the mount, and be there. —After the sacrificial meal, the seventy-four persons engaged in it had desce…
16th Century
Protestant
And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me. Moses himself is now taken up higher; because it was sufficient for the elders to be admitted t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said unto Moses, come up to me into the mount , &c.] For as yet Moses was not got up to the top of the …
A cloud covered the mount six days; a token of God's special presence there. Moses was sure that he who called him up would protect him. Even those…
