Exodus 24:18 - Exposition

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud . Quitting Joshua, Moses at last, in obedience to the call out of the midst of the cloud, entered within its shadow and disappeared from human vision In this abnormal condition, alone with God, he continued for thirty-four days, making, together with the six days before he entered the cloud, the forty days and forty nights of the text before us. It is noted in Deuteronomy 9:9 , that during the whole of this time he was without food. Compare Elijah's fast ( 1 Kings 19:8 ), and our blessed Lord's ( Matthew 3:2 ).