Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
the Law of moses » Terror of israel at receiving
I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah. You were afraid because of the fire. So you would not go up onto the mountain. He said:
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On the morning of the third day there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain. A very loud trumpet sounded. It caused all the people in the camp to tremble.
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The people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast. They saw the lightning and the smoking mountain. They trembled with fear and stood at a distance. They said to Moses: If you speak to us, we will listen. However, we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die. Moses responded: Do not be afraid. God has only come to test you and to inspire you to obey him, so that you will not sin.
Fire blazed from the mountain, and you heard the voice coming from the darkness. Then your elders came to me. They said: 'Today Jehovah our God has shown us how powerful and glorious he is. He spoke to us from the fire. We learned that people could live, even though God speaks to them. We do not want to take a chance on being killed by that terrible fire. If we hear Jehovah's voice again we will die.
Mountain » Melted
The mountains quake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth trembles (shakes) (heaves) at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwells in it.
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Tell your children how you went close and stood at the foot of the mountain covered with thick clouds of dark smoke and fire blazing up to the sky.
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The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of Jehovah of the whole earth.
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Fire blazed from the mountain, and you heard the voice coming from the darkness. Then your elders came to me.
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The mountains shook before Jehovah of Sinai, before Jehovah, the God of Israel.
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O that you would split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at your presence. Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil. Come down to make your name known to your enemies. The nations may tremble in your presence. When you did awe-inspiring things that we did not expect, you came down and the mountains quaked at your presence.
The mountains melt under him. The valleys split like wax before the fire! Like waters poured down a steep place.
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Theocracy » Consisted in his » Promulgating laws
Jehovah spoke to us when we gathered on the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the dark fiery cloud. Jehovah gave us these words, and only these. Then he wrote them on two flat tablets of stone and gave them to me. Fire blazed from the mountain, and you heard the voice coming from the darkness. Then your elders came to me.