And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
- BSB So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- NKJV So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
- NASB So Moses got up along with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
- NLT So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.
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Quick answer
Moses rose with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God. The leader ascends with his chosen helper to meet the LORD.
Overview
Joshua accompanies Moses partway, marking him as Moses' trusted servant and future successor. The 'mountain of God' is the holy place of revelation and covenant. The detail shows God preparing the next generation of leadership even as Moses serves. Joshua, whose name means 'the LORD saves,' shares his name with Jesus, foreshadowing the Savior who leads God's people into their inheritance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 33:11And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
- Num 11:28And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
- Exod 17:9–14And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
- Exod 3:1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Exod 32:17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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