Exodus 19:9

“And the Lord said unto Moses, etc.] As the Targum of Jonathan, on the third day; though Jarchi says the fourth; which seems not so well to agree with his words on the preceding verse, since it seems to be at the same time that Moses returned the words of the people to the Lord, that he said what follows to him: lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud; which was different from the pillar of cloud in which he went before the people, and now stood in it on the top of the mount; for he speaks not now of his present appearance to Moses, but of his appearance on the mount three days after; wherefore the Septuagint version wrongly renders it, “in a pillar of cloud”: there were appearances of the…”

“The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come . . . in a thick cloud, &c.--The deepest impressions are made on the mind through the medium of the senses; and so He who knew what was in man signalized His descent at the inauguration of the ancient church, by all the sensible tokens of august majesty that were fitted to produce the conviction that He is the great and terrible God. The whole multitude must have anticipated the event with feelings of intense solemnity and awe. The extraordinary preparations enjoined, the ablutions and rigid abstinence they were required to observe, the barriers erected all round the base of the mount, and the stern penalties annexed to the breach of any of the…”

“19:9 See also Deut 4:12, 33.”

“Lo: Exo 19:16, Exo 20:21, Exo 24:15, Exo 24:16; Deu 4:11; Kg1 8:12; Ch2 6:1; Psa 18:11, Psa 18:12; Psa 97:2; Isa 19:1; Mat 17:5; Mar 9:7; Luk 9:34, Luk 9:35; Rev 1:7 that the: Deu 4:12, Deu 4:36; Joh 12:29, Joh 12:30 believe: Exo 14:31; Ch2 20:20; Isa 7:9; Luk 10:16 Exodus 19:10”