Exodus 20:21

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

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And Moses said to the people, Fear not, for God has come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye not sin.

22And LORD said to Moses, Thus thou shall say to the sons of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of an exceedingly loud trumpet. And all the people who were in the camp trembled.

Deuteronomy 5:22These words LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tablets of stone, and gave them to

2 Chronicles 6:1Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Psalms 18:12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalms 104:2who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:19-22

Terror with Which the Law Was Given. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and… Read the whole commentary →

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