Monday, August 31, 2009
Exodus 24:12-18
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.”
Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. (ESV)
by Dale E. Rood
The sequence of events in this passage actually begins with verse 15. On the seventh day God called to Moses (v. 16), and verse 12 then gives what He said to Moses. It appears that when Moses entered the cloud (v. 18) that Joshua was with him (v. 13).
Let’s consider Joshua. He succeeded Moses as leader of Israel (See Deuteronomy 34). Joshua was being mentored by Moses so he could eventually assume this leadership position. This was not a series of classes on leadership, but rather, Moses taking Joshua with him as he led. Here Joshua is being exposed to the awesome power and authority of God.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2010, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.
