Exodus 24:18
Good News Translation
Moses went on up the mountain into the cloud. There he stayed for forty days and nights.

New Revised Standard Version
Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

New American Bible
But Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up on the mountain. He was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: And he was there forty days and forty nights.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Moses entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: And he was there forty days and forty nights.

went into

Exodus 24:17 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.

Exodus 9:29,33 Moses said: As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord, and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall be no more: that thou mayst know that the earth is the Lord's: . . .

Exodus 19:20 And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, in the very top of the mount, and he called Moses unto the top thereof. And when he was gone up thither,

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

forty days

Exodus 34:28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights: he neither ate bread nor drank water, and he wrote upon the tables the ten words of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 9:9,18,25 When I went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you: and I continued in the mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water. . . .

Deuteronomy 10:10 And I stood in the mount, as before, forty days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time also, and would not destroy thee.

1 Kings 19:8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.

Mark 1:13 And he was in the desert forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by Satan. And he was with beasts: and the angels ministered to him.

Luke 4:2 For the space of forty days, and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

Context
Moses on the Mountain
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
Exodus 25:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Exodus 32:1
And the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: For as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him.

Exodus 34:28
And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights: he neither ate bread nor drank water, and he wrote upon the tables the ten words of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you: and I continued in the mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.

Deuteronomy 10:10
And I stood in the mount, as before, forty days and nights: and the Lord heard me this time also, and would not destroy thee.

1 Kings 19:8
And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

1 Kings 19:11
And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord, overthrowing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: but the Lord is not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: but the Lord is not in the earthquake.

Exodus 24:17
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