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Exodus 24:12 Explained in Context

Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.

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Verse 12. 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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Role in This Section

Within Exodus 24:9–18, 24:12 contributes “And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give you tables…,” so the line belongs to “Leaders See God and Moses Enters the Cloud” rather than an isolated slogan.

Read It With

  • Exodus 24:9–18

Read Exodus 24:12 with 24:9–18. Within Exodus 24:9–18, 24:12 contributes “And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give you tables…,” so the line belongs to “Leaders See God and Moses Enters the Cloud” rather than an isolated slogan. The whole unit shows: Moses, Aaron, sons, and elders ascend and eat before the God of Israel; Moses then enters the cloud-covered glory for forty days to receive tablets and instruction.

Why It Needs Context

Within Exodus 24:9–18, 24:12 contributes “And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give you tables…,” so the line belongs to “Leaders See God and Moses Enters the Cloud” rather than an isolated slogan. Its force depends on 24:9–18; detached from “Leaders See God and Moses Enters the Cloud,” the words “And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give you tables…” could be mistaken for a complete command, promise, judgment, explanation, or doctrine.

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Read Exodus 24:9–18 — Leaders See God and Moses Enters the Cloud
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.

Exact location: Exodus 24:9–18, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 24:9–18

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