Exodus 24:17
New Revised Standard Version
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.

New American Bible
To the Israelites the glory of the LORD was seen as a consuming fire on the top of the mountain.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Exodus 24:16
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