Exodus 20:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Then Solomon spoke: The LORD said that he would dwell in 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 surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain:
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see: to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
  • Ps 18:12 : 12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
  • 2 Chr 6:1 : 1 Then Solomon said, The LORD has said that he would dwell in 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 exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.
  • Deut 5:5 : 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mountain;) saying,
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a great voice: and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone, and delivered them to me.

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  • Exod 20:18-20
    3 verses
    82%

    18 And all the people saw the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

    19 Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’

    20 And Moses said to the people, 'Do not fear, for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.'

  • Exod 19:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    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 exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

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

  • Deut 4:11
    78%

    11 And you 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%

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

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

  • Exod 19:9
    76%

    9 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

  • Exod 10:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Exod 20:22
    75%

    22 And the LORD said to Moses, 'Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

  • Exod 19:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

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

    20 And 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.

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

  • Heb 12:21
    75%

    21 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling."

  • Acts 7:31
    74%

    31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

  • Exod 24:18
    74%

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

  • Exod 24:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

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

    16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

  • Num 20:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and they fell on their faces, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

    7 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 19:3
    73%

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

  • Exod 19:23-25
    3 verses
    73%

    23 And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you have warned us, saying, Set boundaries about the mount, and sanctify it.

    24 And the LORD said to him, Away, get down, and you shall come up, you and Aaron with you, but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break out against them.

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

  • Exod 3:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

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

    5 And he said, Do not draw near here; take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

    6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your 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%

    8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out to 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.

    9 And 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%

    30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.

  • Deut 5:23
    72%

    23 And it happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain burned with fire,) that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

  • Lev 9:5
    72%

    5 And they brought what Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

  • Exod 35:20
    72%

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

  • Exod 14:20
    71%

    20 And 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 did not come near the other all night.

  • Exod 20:1
    71%

    1 And God spoke all these words, saying,

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

    14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • Num 4:21
    71%

    21 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 40:35
    71%

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

  • Lev 19:1
    71%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 34:34
    71%

    34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off until he came out; and he came out and spoke to the children of Israel whatever he was commanded.

  • Lev 20:1
    71%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 16:20
    70%

    20 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • Heb 12:18
    70%

    18 For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,

  • Deut 5:5
    70%

    5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mountain;) saying,

  • Num 16:44
    70%

    44 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 33:21
    70%

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

  • Exod 34:5
    70%

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