Hebrews 12:21
In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”
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- Exod 19:16 : 16 On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.
- Exod 19:19 : 19 When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice.
- Deut 9:19 : 19 For I was terrified at the LORD’s intense anger that threatened to destroy you. But he listened to me this time as well.
- Ps 119:120 : 120 My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
- Isa 6:3-5 : 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!” 4 The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke. 5 I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
- Dan 10:8 : 8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy.
- Dan 10:17 : 17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? My strength is gone, and I am breathless.”
- Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,
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- Heb 12:18-203 verses79%
18 For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
19 and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.
20 For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
- Acts 7:31-322 verses77%
31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,
32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.
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12 and he displayed great power and awesome might in view of all Israel.
- Exod 20:18-214 verses76%
18 All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking– and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.
19 They said to Moses,“You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”
20 Moses said to the people,“Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”
21 The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
- Exod 34:29-302 verses75%
29 The Radiant Face of Moses Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand– when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.
- Exod 19:16-216 verses75%
16 On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.
17 Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.
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.
21 The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.
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21 so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.
- Exod 3:5-62 verses74%
5 God said,“Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
6 He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
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23 Moses 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.’”
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12 You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying,‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!
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8 With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
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5 Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.
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31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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6 Moses Responds So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
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7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord– before the God of Jacob,
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14 dread gripped me and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
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120 My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
- Exod 24:17-182 verses72%
17 Now 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.
18 Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
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5 Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.
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3 And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites.
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5 The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.
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11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.
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5 The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel.
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6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
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29 So I responded to you,“Do not be terrified of them!
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24 I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth!
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6 For, when I think about this, I am terrified and my body feels a shudder.
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16 This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the LORD your God:“Please do not make us hear the voice of the LORD our God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die.”
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4 When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.
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19 When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.
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5 (I was standing between the LORD and you at that time to reveal the LORD’s message to you, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:
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31 When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.
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15 That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.
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13 Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–
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45 “Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
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15 Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.