Exodus 19:20 “The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the s…”

Exodus 19:20

The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. The LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

(For the Lord came downe vpon mount Sinai on the toppe of the mount) and when the Lord called Moses vp into the top of the mount, Moses went vp.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah came down on mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain; and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah cometh down on mount Sinai, unto the top of the mount, and Jehovah calleth for Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses goeth up.

Bible in Basic English

Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

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Cross references

“the Lord came”

Nehemiah 9:13 Exodus 19:11 Psalm 81:7

Nehemiah 9:13 · BSB

You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

Exodus 19:11 · BSB

and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Psalm 81:7 · BSB

You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

“Moses went up”

Exodus 19:3 Exodus 24:18 Exodus 34:2 Exodus 34:4 Deuteronomy 9:9 Exodus 24:12

Exodus 19:3 · BSB

Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

Exodus 24:18 · BSB

Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 34:2 · BSB

Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.

Exodus 34:4 · BSB

So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.

Deuteronomy 9:9 · BSB

When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.

Exodus 24:12 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

21and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

Read Exodus 19