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Exodus 19:9

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Exodus 19:9

Verse 9 of 25

Scripture focus

And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

Exodus 19:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Exodus 19:9

Theological / Devotional

In a thick cloud. When God speaks to men He must always veil His glory, for sinful men cannot bear it (Ex. 33:20; John 1:18; 1 John 4:12). If God clothes Himself with humanity, the human form is the veil. If He appears in a burning bush, the fire itself is a shroud. Here at Sinai, since many of the people were ungodly and impenitent, it was the more necessary that He should cover Himself. The cloud out of which God spoke was the pillar of cloud that accompanied the Israelites out of Egypt and directed their march (Ex. 13:21, 22; Num. 11:25 ; 12:15; PP 301).

Believe thee for ever. One purpose of God in appearing visibly to Moses was to give the people irrefutable proof that Moses stood before them as God’s representative.

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