Exodus - 34:2



2 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.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 34:2.

Differing Translations

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Be ready in the morning, that thou mayst forthwith go up into mount Sinai, and thou shalt stand with me upon the top of the mount.
And be ready for the morning, and go up in the morning to mount Sinai, and stand there before me on the top of the mountain.
and be prepared at morning, and thou hast come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and hast stood before Me there, on the top of the mount,
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.
Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
Be prepared in the morning, so that you may immediately ascend onto Mount Sinai, and you shall stand with me on the summit of the mountain.
Esto ergo paratus mane, et ascende mane montem Sinai: stesque mihi illic super verticem ipsius montis.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And be ready in the morning,.... This was, according to the Jewish chronology (e), on the twenty eighth day of the month Ab or July:
and come up in the morning unto Mount Sinai; the same mount where he had been before:
and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount; where the pillar of cloud removed and stood, and near it Moses was to stand and wait to hear what would be said unto him, and to see what would be made to pass before him.
(e) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 6. p. 19.

present thyself . . . to me in the top of the mount--Not absolutely the highest peak; for as the cloud of the Shekinah usually abode on the summit, and yet (Exodus 34:5) it "descended," the plain inference is that Moses was to station himself at a point not far distant, but still below the loftiest pinnacle.

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