Exodus 24:16
Hebrew Bible
15 Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16 The glory of the Lord resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Exodus 24:16
Septuagint
15 And Moses and Joshua went up into the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16 And the glory of God came down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days, and on the seventh day the Lord called Moses from the middle of the cloud. 17 And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was just like flaming fire on the top of the mountain, before the sons of Israel.
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... In the Septuagint of Exodus, the idea of God’s dwelling in Exodus 25:7 is replaced by the notion of God’s appearance and in Exodus 29:45 by the motive of human invocation of God. The connection of “dwelling” with the glory of God is replaced in Exodus 24:16 by the motif of descending and in Exodus 40:35 by the motif of overshadowing. Critical examination of these changes suggests they are the conscious work of the translator. Due to this emphasis of God’s transcendence, any definition of physicality or containment of God is avoided ..."
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