Exodus 20:21

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Exodus 20:21

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

The people

Exodus 19:16

Deuteronomy 5:5

Thick

General references

Bible References

The people

And it came to pass on the third day, when the morning had come, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mount, and the sound of a horn, loud exceedingly, - and all the people who were in the camp trembled.

(I was standing between Yahweh and you, at that time, to declare unto you the word of Yahweh, - for ye shrank with fear from the presence of the fire, and went not up in the mount) saying: -

Thick

Then, said Solomon, - Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom:

Then, said Solomon, - Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom;

Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne.

Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;

Who alone hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, - Whom no man hath seen - nor can see: unto whom, be honour and might age-abiding. Amen.

General references

And Moses alone shall draw near unto Yahweh, but, they shall not draw near, and, the people, shall not come up with him.

Out of the heavens, he let thee hear his voice to instruct thee, - and, upon the earth, he let thee see his great fire, and his own words, thou didst hear out of the midst of the fire.

Face to face, spake Yahweh with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;