Exodus 19:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Ps 144:5 : 5 Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.
  • Judg 5:5 : 5 The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • Exod 24:17 : 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.
  • Rev 15:8 : 8 And the house of God was full of smoke from the glory of God, and from his power, and no one was able to go into the house of God, till the seven punishments of the seven angels were ended.
  • Jer 4:24 : 24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.
  • Gen 19:28 : 28 And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
  • Exod 3:2 : 2 And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.
  • Ps 104:32 : 32 At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.
  • Isa 6:4 : 4 And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke.
  • 2 Chr 7:1-3 : 1 Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord. 2 And the priests were not able to go into the house of the Lord, for the Lord's house was full of the glory of the Lord. 3 And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Ps 68:7-8 : 7 O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.) 8 The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.
  • Gen 15:17 : 17 Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
  • Heb 12:26 : 26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.
  • Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it. 6 Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
  • Zech 14:5 : 5 And the valley will be stopped ... and you will go in flight as you went in flight from the earth-shock in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.
  • Matt 24:7 : 7 For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
  • Heb 12:18 : 18 You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,
  • Ps 77:18 : 18 The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.
  • 1 Kgs 19:11-12 : 11 Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock. 12 And after the earth-shock a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the sound of a soft breath.
  • Ps 114:7 : 7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;
  • Exod 19:13 : 13 He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.
  • Exod 20:18 : 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.
  • Deut 4:11-12 : 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. 12 And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.
  • Deut 33:2 : 2 He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples.

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  • 82%

    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.

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    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.

    17 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,

  • 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.

  • 5 The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • Ps 18:7-9
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    7 Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

    8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

    9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

  • Deut 4:11-12
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    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.

    12 And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.

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    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.

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    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 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.

  • 2 Sam 22:8-9
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    8 Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

    9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

  • Heb 12:20-21
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    20 For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;

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

  • 5 Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.

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    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.

  • 18 You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

  • 15 So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.

  • 5 The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth.

  • 8 The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

  • Mic 1:3-4
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    3 For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

    4 And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.

  • 11 Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.

  • 3 The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

  • 32 At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.

  • 4 And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke.

  • Exod 19:2-3
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    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:

  • 1 O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;

  • 23 And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me,

  • 24 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.

  • Exod 34:2-3
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    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.

  • 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.

  • 4 The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,

  • 28 And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.

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

  • 14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,

  • 38 Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.

  • 29 For our God is an all-burning fire.

  • 36 Out of heaven itself his voice came to you, teaching you; and on earth he let you see his great fire; and his words came to your ears out of the heart of the fire.