Exodus 20:21

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • Ps 18:9 : 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
  • Ps 18:12 : 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
  • 2 Chr 6:1 : 1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • Exod 19:16-17 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
  • Deut 5:5 : 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 These words the LORD 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 in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

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  • Exod 20:18-20
    3 verses
    82%

    18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

    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 your faces, that ye sin not.

  • Exod 19:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

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

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

  • Deut 4:11
    78%

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

  • Exod 24:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

    2And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

  • Exod 19:9
    76%

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

  • Exod 10:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

    22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

  • Exod 20:22
    75%

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

  • Exod 19:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

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

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

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

  • Heb 12:21
    75%

    21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

  • Acts 7:31
    74%

    31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,

  • Exod 24:18
    74%

    18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

  • Exod 24:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

    16And the glory of the LORD 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.

  • Num 20:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.

    7And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 19:3
    73%

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

  • Exod 19:23-25
    3 verses
    73%

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

    24And the LORD said unto him, Away, 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 the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

    25So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

  • Exod 3:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

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

    6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

  • Exod 33:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

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

    9And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.

  • Exod 34:30
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 5:23
    72%

    23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

  • Lev 9:5
    72%

    5And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

  • Exod 35:20
    72%

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

  • Exod 14:20
    71%

    20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

  • Exod 20:1
    71%

    1And God spake all these words, saying,

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

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

  • Num 4:21
    71%

    21And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 40:35
    71%

    35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

  • Lev 19:1
    71%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 34:34
    71%

    34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

  • Lev 20:1
    71%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 16:20
    70%

    20And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Heb 12:18
    70%

    18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

  • Deut 5:5
    70%

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

  • Num 16:44
    70%

    44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Exod 33:21
    70%

    21And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

  • Exod 34:5
    70%

    5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.