Exodus 24:17
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And the sight of the glory of the Lord, was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

like devouring fire

Exodus 3:2 And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire, and was not burnt.

Exodus 19:18 And all Mount Sinai was on a smoke: because the Lord was come down upon it in fire, and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace: and all the mount was terrible.

Deuteronomy 4:24,36 Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. . . .

Ezekiel 1:27 And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the appearance of fire within it round about: from his loins and upward, and from his loins downward, I saw as it were the resemblance of fire shining round about.

Nahum 1:6 Who can stand before the face of his indignation? and who shall resist in the fierceness of his anger? his indignation is poured out like fire: and the rocks are melted by him.

Habakkuk 3:4,5 His brightness shall be as the light: horns are in his hands: There is his strength hid: . . .

Hebrews 12:18,29 For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched and a burning fire and a whirlwind and darkness and storm, . . .

Context
Moses on the Mountain
16And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud. 17And the sight of the glory of the Lord, was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.18And Moses entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: And he was there forty days and forty nights.…
Cross References
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.

Exodus 3:2
And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire, and was not burnt.

Exodus 19:18
And all Mount Sinai was on a smoke: because the Lord was come down upon it in fire, and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace: and all the mount was terrible.

Deuteronomy 4:24
Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 9:3
Thou shalt know therefore this day that the Lord thy God himself will pass over before thee, a devouring and consuming fire, to destroy and extirpate and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly, as he hath spoken to thee.

Ezekiel 1:28
As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness round about.

Lexicon
And the sight
וּמַרְאֵה֙ (ū·mar·’êh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

of the glory
כְּב֣וֹד (kə·ḇō·wḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

of the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

was like a consuming
אֹכֶ֖לֶת (’ō·ḵe·leṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

fire
כְּאֵ֥שׁ (kə·’êš)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

on the mountaintop
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

in the eyes
לְעֵינֵ֖י (lə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the Israelites.
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was as burning fire on the top of the mountain, before the children of Israel.

And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel.

And the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

And the appearance of the honour of Jehovah is as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel;
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