Exodus 19:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

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  • Deut 4:10 : 10 That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.
  • Deut 5:5 : 5 (I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 84%

    18 And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

    19 And when the sound of the horn became louder and louder, Moses' words were answered by the voice of God.

    20 Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

    21 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

  • 16 And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

  • Exod 19:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1 In the third month after the children of Israel went out from Egypt, on the same day, they came into the waste land of Sinai.

    2 And when they had gone away from Rephidim and had come into the waste land of Sinai, they put up their tents in the waste land before the mountain: there Israel put up its tents.

    3 And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:

  • 81%

    18 And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

    19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

    20 And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

    21 And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

  • 14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.

  • 79%

    11 And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.

    12 And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:

  • 5 And they took the things ordered by Moses, before the Tent of meeting, and all the people came near, waiting before the Lord.

  • 79%

    23 And Moses said to the Lord, The people will not be able to come up the mountain, for you gave us orders to put limits round the mountain, marking it out and making it holy.

    24 And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

    25 So Moses went down to the people and said this to them.

  • 7 And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 And be ready by the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai, and come before me there in the morning, on the top of the mountain.

    3 No one is to come up with you, and let no man be seen anywhere on the mountain; let no flocks or herds come near to get their food at its foot.

  • 9 And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.

  • 1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • 76%

    15 And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.

    16 And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.

    17 And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.

    18 And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

  • 30 Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

  • 13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • 11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

  • Exod 24:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.

    2 And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

  • Exod 33:7-10
    4 verses
    75%

    7 Now it was Moses' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle.

    8 And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his tent, looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent.

    9 And whenever Moses went into the Tent, the pillar of cloud came down, and took its place by the door of the Tent, as long as the Lord was talking with Moses.

    10 And all the people saw the cloud at the door of the Tent, and they went down on their faces, everyone at the door of his tent.

  • 5 And the Lord came down in the cloud and took his place by the side of Moses, and Moses gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • 6 Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.

  • 13 Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.

  • 31 And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 5 (I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,

  • 1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • 13 Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

  • 17 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • 19 And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.

  • 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:

  • 21 And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

  • 13 Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.

  • 5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.