Exodus 19:17
And when Moses had brought them forth to meet God from the place of the camp, they stood at the bottom of the mount.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cumque eduxisset eos Moyses in occursum Dei de loco castrorum, steterunt ad radices montis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐξήγαγεν Μωυσῆς τὸν λαὸν εἰς συνάντησιν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς, καὶ παρέστησαν ὑπὸ τὸ ὄρος Σινά.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיּוֹצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֧ה אֶת הָעָ֛ם לִקְרַ֥את הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים מִן הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּתַחְתִּ֥ית הָהָֽר
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory Nazianzen The Second Theological Oration
II. Now when I go up eagerly into the Mount, or, to use a truer expression, when I both eagerly long, and at the same time am afraid (the one through my hope and the other through my weakness) to enter within the Cloud, and hold converse with God, for so God commands; if any be an Aaron, let him go up with me, and let him stand near, being ready, if it must be so, to remain outside the Cloud. But if any be a Nadad or an Abihu, or of the Order of the Elders, let him go up indeed, but let him stand afar off, according to the value of his purification. …