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Exodus 34:2

34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.

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Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.

And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.

And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me in the top of the mount.

34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

What does Exodus 34:2 mean?

Exodus 34:2 is a verse in the book of Exodus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כּוּן (kûwn), בֹּקֶר (bôqer), עָלָה (ʻâlâh). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
be
readyכּוּןkûwn/koon/H3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
in
the
morning,בֹּקֶרbôqer/bo'-ker/H1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
and
come
upעָלָהʻâlâh/aw-law'/H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
in
the
morningבֹּקֶרbôqer/bo'-ker/H1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
unto
mountהַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
Sinai,סִינַיÇîynay/see-nah'-ee/H5514Sinai, mountain of Arabia
and
presentנָצַבnâtsab/naw-tsab'/H5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
thyself
there
to
me
in
the
topרֹאשׁrôʼsh/roshe/H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of
the
mount.הַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

Commentary on Exodus 34:2

HENRY_FULL · Exodus 34:2
> God having in the foregoing chapter intimated to Moses his reconciliation to Israel, here gives proofs of it, proceeding to settle his covenant and communion with them. Four instances of the return of his favour we have in this chapter:—I. The orders he gives to Moses to come up to the mount, the next morning, and bring two tables of stone with him, ver. 1-4 . II. His meeting him there, and the proclamation of his name, ver. 5-9 . III. The instructions he gave him there, and his converse with him for forty days together, without intermission, ver. 10-28 . IV. The honour he put upon him when he sent him down with his face shining, ver. 29-35 . In all this God dealt with Moses as a public person, and mediator between him and Israel, and a type of the great Mediator. God's Proclamation of Himself. ( b. c. 1491.)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Exodus 34:2.

Exodus 19:11

And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:20

And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

Genesis 28:12

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Exodus 15:17

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

Exodus 17:9

And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. Joshua: called Jesus

Exodus 18:14

And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

Exodus 19:16

And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

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What does Exodus 34:2 say?

Exodus 34:2 (King James Version) reads: "And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount."

Is Exodus 34:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Exodus 34:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Exodus.

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