Deuteronomy 33:2

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He said:A Historical Review The LORD came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.

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  • Hab 3:3 : 3 God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor has covered the skies, the earth is full of his glory.
  • Acts 7:53 : 53 You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it.”
  • Ps 68:17 : 17 God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.
  • Rev 5:11 : 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand– thousands times thousands–
  • Jude 1:14 : 14 Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying,“Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,
  • Heb 2:2 : 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
  • Gal 3:19 : 19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary.
  • Judg 5:4-5 : 4 O LORD, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain. 5 The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel.
  • Ps 68:7-8 : 7 O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the wastelands,(Selah) 8 the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
  • Exod 19:18-20 : 18 Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently. 19 When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice. 20 The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 The Narrative of the Sinai Revelation and Israel’s Response The LORD said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
  • 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry But if the ministry that produced death– carved in letters on stone tablets– came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face(a glory which was made ineffective),
  • 2 Cor 3:9 : 9 For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”
  • 2 Thess 1:7 : 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
  • Dan 7:9-9 : 9 “While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb’s wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame. 10 A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened.
  • Heb 12:20 : 20 For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

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  • Hab 3:3-5
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    3God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor has covered the skies, the earth is full of his glory.

    4His brightness will be as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashing from his hand. This is the outward display of his power.

    5Plague will go before him; pestilence will march right behind him.

  • Deut 33:3-4
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    3Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.

    4Moses delivered to us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

  • Deut 33:1
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    1Introduction to the Blessing of Moses This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

  • Exod 19:20
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    20The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

  • Neh 9:13-14
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    13“You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

    14You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.

  • Judg 5:5
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    5The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel.

  • Exod 34:5
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    5The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the LORD by name.

  • Exod 24:12
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    12The LORD said to Moses,“Come up to me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”

  • Jude 1:14
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    14Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying,“Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,

  • Exod 19:17-18
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    17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.

    18Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • Exod 34:32
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    32After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the LORD had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.

  • Ps 68:17
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    17God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.

  • Acts 7:30-31
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    30“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

    31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • Exod 19:11
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    11and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

  • Exod 34:2-3
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    2Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.

    3No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”

  • Exod 24:16-17
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    16The glory of the LORD resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

    17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.

  • Lev 25:1
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    1Regulations for the Sabbatical Year The LORD spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai:

  • Deut 33:21
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    21He has selected the best part for himself, for the portion of the ruler is set aside there; he came with the leaders of the people, he obeyed the righteous laws of the LORD and his ordinances with Israel.

  • Exod 19:2-3
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    2After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:

  • Exod 19:23
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    23Moses said to the LORD,“The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us,‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’”

  • Ps 78:54
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    54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.

  • Deut 5:4
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    4The LORD spoke face to face with you at the mountain, from the middle of the fire.

  • Deut 4:11
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    11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

  • Num 34:1
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    1The Southern Border of the Land Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 14:13-14
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    13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–

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

  • Ps 97:3
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    3Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
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    13From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.

  • Num 3:14
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    14The Numbering of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai:

  • Lev 19:1
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    1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 19:9
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    9The LORD said to Moses,“I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

  • Lev 27:34
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    34Final Colophon These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses to tell the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

  • Deut 5:23
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    23Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

  • Lev 26:46
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    46Summary Colophon These are the statutes, regulations, and instructions which the LORD established between himself and the Israelites at Mount Sinai through Moses.

  • Lev 9:23
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    23Moses and Aaron then entered into the Meeting Tent. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

  • Num 25:10
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    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 34:16
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    16Appointed Officials The LORD said to Moses:

  • Deut 9:15
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    15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.