Hebrews 12:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:12-13 : 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: 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 19:16 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God: 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 12:18-19
    2 verses
    81%

    18You 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,

    19And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

  • Heb 12:21
    79%

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

  • Exod 19:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12And 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:

    13He 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 20:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18And 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.

    19And 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.

  • Exod 19:21-24
    4 verses
    74%

    21And 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.

    22And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

    23And 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.

    24And 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.

  • Exod 34:3
    73%

    3No 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.

  • Num 4:20
    71%

    20But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

  • Deut 18:16
    71%

    16In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.

  • Num 14:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.

    11And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

  • Exod 19:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16And 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.

    17And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

    18And 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.

  • Heb 11:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    37They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

    38Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.

  • Deut 4:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11And 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.

    12And 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 9:8
    70%

    8Again in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.

  • Lev 24:13
    70%

    13And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 17:4
    70%

    4And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

  • Heb 3:17-19
    3 verses
    70%

    17And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

    18And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

    19So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.

  • 1 Cor 10:5
    69%

    5But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.

  • Deut 1:43
    69%

    43This I said to you, but you gave no attention and went against the orders of the Lord, and in your pride went up into the hill-country.

  • Num 14:22
    69%

    22Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

  • Deut 5:22
    69%

    22These 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.

  • Exod 24:17
    69%

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

  • Exod 32:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19And 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.

    20And he took the ox which they had made, burning it in the fire and crushing it to powder, and he put it in the water and made the children of Israel take a drink of it.

  • Heb 10:28
    69%

    28A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:

  • Num 18:22
    69%

    22In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.

  • Num 16:21
    69%

    21Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

  • Josh 22:18
    69%

    18That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.

  • Exod 33:5
    69%

    5And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.

  • 2 Kgs 18:12
    69%

    12Because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord their God, but went against his agreement, even against everything ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and they did not give ear to it or do it.

  • Ps 78:40
    69%

    40How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

  • Lev 24:23
    68%

    23And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, and they took the man who had been cursing outside the tent-circle and had him stoned. The children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

  • Num 16:45
    68%

    45Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.

  • Neh 9:18
    68%

    18Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;

  • Heb 12:25
    68%

    25See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

  • Deut 9:22
    68%

    22Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.

  • Exod 32:8
    68%

    8Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.