Deuteronomy 5:4
He spoke to us face to face on the mountain, from the midst of fire.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
In Context
3He did not make the covenant with our fathers, but with us, who are alive and in the present time.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18Then all of Mount Sinai was smoking. For the Lord had descended over it with fire, and smoke ascended from it, as from a furnace. And the entire mountain was terrible.
Exodus 20:18Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance,
Numbers 12:8For I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly. And not through enigmas and figures does he perceive the Lord. Therefore, why were you not afraid to disparage my servant Moses?”
Deuteronomy 4:12And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you did not see any form at all.
Deuteronomy 4:33that a people would hear the voice of God, speaking from the midst of fire, just as you have heard it, and live,
Deuteronomy 5:22The Lord spoke these words to the entire multitude of you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire and the cloud and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone, which he delivered to me.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:2-6
The Decalogue Repeated. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, 5 (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to… Read the whole commentary →