Exodus 20:21

The People's Reaction

²⁰ And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces -- that ye sin not.' ²¹ And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God is. ²² And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye -- ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;

Thick Cloud

Deep Darkness

Moses

1 Kings 8:12

Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;

Psalm 18:9

And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

Psalm 97:2

Cloud and darkness are round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.

Exodus 19:16-17

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who are in the camp do tremble.

Deuteronomy 5:5

I am standing between Jehovah and you, at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah, for ye have been afraid from the presence of the fire, and ye have not gone up into the mount; saying:

Deuteronomy 5:22

These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness -- a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me.

2 Chronicles 6:1

Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness,

Psalm 18:12

From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.

Psalm 104:2

Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,

1 Timothy 6:16

who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom is honour and might age-during! Amen.