In my studies of the giving of the Law, I have come to the conclusion that Moses met the Lord on Mount Sinai seven times. These seven ascents create a Menorah Design, complete with a special event in the Servant Lamp position. For more information please click HERE.

Here are the ascents of Moses up Mount Sinai during the time of the giving of the Law:

1. After the Children of Israel arrived at Mount Sinai on the first day of the third month of Sivan, the Lord called Moses to the mountain and told him that the Children of Israel would be a “kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:3) Moses returned to the people. They answered that they would do all that the Lord had spoken.
2. Moses returned to the mountain to bring back the words of the people. (Exodus 19:8) The Lord told Moses that He would speak to the people on the third day, and that they must consecrate themselves for the event.
3. The Lord came down to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to Him. He was told again to warn the people about getting too close to the mountain. (Exodus 19:20) Moses again returned to the people to give them the warning.
4. The next time Moses went up the mountain is very unique and interesting. This is the Servant Lamp position of the Menorah Design. This position always refers to the Lord, His throne, light (God is light) or fire (fire creates light). The Lord told Moses to bring up Aaron, his two sons Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. (Exodus 24:9) These men saw the Lord on His throne in Heaven. And yet they lived! (Scripture says that they ate and drank, or in other words, they continued to live.) This party of seventy-four people then returned to the camp.
5. Again, the Lord called Moses and Joshua to the mountain to receive instructions for the making of the tabernacle and priestly garments, and the consecration of the priests. (Exodus 24:12) After giving the instructions, the Lord gave Moses the Ten Commandments written by His own hand on tablets of stone. It was during this ascent when Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights, that the Israelites made the Golden Calf. When he descended from the mountain, Moses was so angry that he threw down the Tablets of Stone and smashed them!
6. After destroying the Golden Calf and exacting retribution against the people, Moses told them that he would go to the Lord and try to make atonement for their great sin. So Moses again ascended the mountain. (Exodus 32:31) It was at this time that Moses offered himself, his own life, in place of the people. Here, Moses was a type of Jesus, who offered himself in our stead.
7. Finally, the Lord told Moses to go up on the mountain where Moses might see the presence of the Lord. He was also told to bring up two stone tablets to replace the ones he broke. (Exodus 34:2) And again, Moses spent forty days and forty nights on the mountain.