- Insight from Butler’s Daily Bible Reading: Exodus 19—Meeting With God. When Israel arrived at Mount Horeb, God had a meeting with Moses to ready Israel for the revealing of the Divine statutes. •Preliminaries to the meeting: this included the report from Moses and the resolve of the people. •Preparation for the meeting: the cleansing of the people’s clothes; the curtailing of the people from the mount; the conduct of the people (“come not at your wives”); and the congregating of the people at a set time. •Particulars of the meeting: the trauma (fire, smoke, quaking of the mount, trumpet sound, and thick cloud); and the trepidation (this fear was caused by the trauma of the occasion—the fire, smoke, and quaking, etc.).