Exodus 24:18

New International Reader's Version

Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:11

The Lord said, “Go out. Stand on the mountain in front of me. I am going to pass by.” As the Lord approached, a very powerful wind tore the mountains apart. It broke up the rocks. But the Lord wasn’t in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake. But the Lord wasn’t in the earthquake.

1 Kings 19:8

So he got up. He ate and drank. The food gave him new strength. He traveled for 40 days and 40 nights. He kept going until he arrived at Horeb. It was the mountain of God.

Exodus 19:20

The Lord came down to the top of Mount Sinai. He told Moses to come to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up.

Exodus 24:17

The people of Israel saw the glory of the Lord. It looked like a fire burning on top of the mountain.

Exodus 25:1

The Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 32:1

The people saw that Moses took a long time to come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron. They said to him, “Come. Make us a god that will lead us. This fellow Moses brought us up out of Egypt. But we don’t know what has happened to him.”

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. He didn’t eat any food or drink any water. The Lord wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant law. Those words are the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 9:29

Moses replied, “When I’ve left the city, I’ll lift up my hands and pray to the Lord. The thunder will stop. There won’t be any more hail. Then you will know that the earth belongs to the Lord.

Exodus 9:33

Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. Moses lifted up his hands and prayed to the Lord. The thunder and hail stopped. The rain didn’t pour down on the land any longer.

Proverbs 28:1

Sinners run away even when no one is chasing them. But those who do what is right are as bold as lions.

Matthew 4:2

After 40 days and 40 nights of going without eating, Jesus was hungry.

Mark 1:13

He was in the desert 40 days. There Satan tempted him. The wild animals didn’t harm Jesus. Angels took care of him.

Luke 4:2

There the devil tempted him for 40 days. Jesus ate nothing during that time. At the end of the 40 days, he was hungry.

Deuteronomy 10:10

I had stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights, just as I did the first time. The Lord listened to me that time also. He didn’t want to destroy you.

Deuteronomy 5:31

But you stay here with me. Then I will give you all my commands, rules and laws. You must teach the people to obey them in the land I am giving them as their very own.”

Deuteronomy 9:18

Then once again I fell down flat in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground. I lay there for 40 days and 40 nights. I didn’t eat any food or drink any water. You had committed a terrible sin. You had done an evil thing in the Lord’s sight. You had made him angry.

Deuteronomy 9:25

I lay down in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground for 40 days and 40 nights. I did it because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:9

I went up the mountain. I went there to receive the tablets of the covenant law. They were made out of stone. It was the covenant the Lord had made with you. I stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights. I didn’t eat any food or drink any water.