Exodus 19:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thunders

Thick

Exodus 19:9

Exodus 40:34

2 Chronicles 5:14

All the people

Jeremiah 5:22

Hebrews 12:21

General references

Deuteronomy 5:5

Job 37:1

Job 38:1

Bible References

Thunders

When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the Lord caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.

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.

Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves."

At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,

He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

The Lord's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the Lord appears over the surging water.

Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne

Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Thick

The 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.

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's splendor filled God's temple.

All the people

"You should fear me!" says the Lord. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary."

In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, "I shudder with fear."

General references

(I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:

At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: