Exodus 20:21

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The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness.'
  • Ps 18:9 : 9 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; burning coals blazed forth from Him.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 You cover Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has seen Him or can see Him. To Him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
  • Ps 18:12 : 12 He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.
  • 2 Chr 6:1 : 1 Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness.'
  • Exod 19:16-17 : 16 On the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
  • Deut 5:5 : 5 At that time, I stood between the LORD and you to declare His word to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said:
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 These are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the profound darkness, with a loud voice. He added no more, and He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

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  • Exod 20:18-20
    3 verses
    82%

    18When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.

    19They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'

    20Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you to keep you from sinning.'

  • Exod 19:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16On the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

    17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

  • Deut 4:11
    78%

    11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

  • Exod 24:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship from a distance."

    2Only Moses is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near, and the people must not go up with him.

  • Exod 19:9
    76%

    9The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, I am coming to you in a dense cloud so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may always believe in you.' Then Moses reported the people's words to the LORD.

  • Exod 10:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness may spread over Egypt—a darkness that can be felt."

    22So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and thick darkness covered all Egypt for three days.

  • Exod 20:22
    75%

    22Then the LORD said to Moses, 'This is what you shall say to the children of Israel: You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.'

  • Exod 19:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in the thunder.

    20The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Then the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

    21The LORD said to Moses, 'Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to see the LORD, or many of them will perish.'

  • Heb 12:21
    75%

    21The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."

  • Acts 7:31
    74%

    31Moses was amazed at what he saw. As he approached to look more closely, he heard the voice of the Lord say,

  • Exod 24:18
    74%

    18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

  • Exod 24:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

    16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

  • Num 20:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6Moses and Aaron left the assembly and went to the entrance of the tent of meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

    7The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 19:3
    73%

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob and declare to the children of Israel:

  • Exod 19:23-25
    3 verses
    73%

    23Moses said to the LORD, 'The people cannot come up Mount Sinai because You yourself warned us, saying: Set boundaries around the mountain and consecrate it.'

    24The LORD replied, 'Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.'

    25So Moses went down to the people and told them.

  • Exod 3:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, 'Moses, Moses!' And Moses replied, 'Here I am.'

    5God said, 'Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'

    6Then he said, 'I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' At this, Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

  • Exod 33:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand at the entrance to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.

    9As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

  • Exod 34:30
    72%

    30When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.

  • Deut 5:23
    72%

    23When you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders came to me.

  • Lev 9:5
    72%

    5So they brought what Moses commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting. Then the entire assembly came near and stood before the LORD.

  • Exod 35:20
    72%

    20Then the entire assembly of the Israelites left Moses' presence.

  • Exod 14:20
    71%

    20It came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. There was a cloud and darkness, yet it lit up the night, and neither side approached the other all night long.

  • Exod 20:1
    71%

    1And God spoke all these words, saying:

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

    14They will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are among these people, that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

  • Num 4:21
    71%

    21The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 40:35
    71%

    35Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

  • Lev 19:1
    71%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 34:34
    71%

    34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. When he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,

  • Lev 20:1
    71%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 16:20
    70%

    20The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Heb 12:18
    70%

    18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, that is burning with fire, to darkness, gloom, and a storm,

  • Deut 5:5
    70%

    5At that time, I stood between the LORD and you to declare His word to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said:

  • Exod 33:21
    70%

    21Then the LORD said, 'There is a place near Me where you may stand on a rock.'

  • Exod 34:5
    70%

    5Then the LORD came down in a cloud, stood there with him, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.