Exodus 20:21

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

Darby Translation

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 is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

22And Jehovah said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: Ye have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens.

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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 heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.

Deuteronomy 5:22These words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.

2 Chronicles 6:1Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Psalms 18:12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.

Psalms 104:2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-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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