Exodus 20:18

American Standard Version (1901)

And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

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  • Exod 19:16-18 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
  • Ps 139:7-8 : 7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
  • Jer 23:23 : 23 Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?
  • Heb 12:18-19 : 18 For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 20:19-22
    4 verses
    82%

    19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

    20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

    21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

    22And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

  • Exod 19:16-21
    6 verses
    82%

    16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.

    17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

    18And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

    19And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

    20And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

    21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Deut 4:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

    12And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.

  • Heb 12:18-21
    4 verses
    76%

    18For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

    19and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

    20for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

    21and so fearful was the appearance, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

  • Exod 19:11-14
    4 verses
    75%

    11and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

    12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

    13no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

    14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.

  • Deut 18:16
    75%

    16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

  • Deut 5:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.

    23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

  • Exod 19:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

    24And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.

  • Exod 24:2
    74%

    2and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

  • Exod 19:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah.

    9And Jehovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah.

  • Exod 24:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

    17And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount.

    3And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

  • Acts 7:31
    73%

    31And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

  • Exod 20:1
    73%

    1And God spake all these words, saying,

  • Exod 33:10
    73%

    10And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door.

  • Exod 20:17
    73%

    17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

  • Exod 35:20
    72%

    20And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.

  • Deut 5:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

    5(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

  • Exod 33:8
    71%

    8And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent.

  • Exod 34:30
    71%

    30And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

  • Exod 32:9
    71%

    9And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

  • Exod 19:3
    71%

    3And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

  • Num 14:14
    71%

    14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • Exod 32:19
    71%

    19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

  • Neh 9:18
    71%

    18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

  • Num 20:6
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    6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them.

  • Deut 4:15
    70%

    15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

  • Exod 3:5
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    5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

  • Num 16:20
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    20And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,