Hebrews 12:19

and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined [the] word being addressed to them any more:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

In Context

18For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,

20(for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:1And God spoke all these words, saying,

Deuteronomy 4:12And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.

Deuteronomy 5:3Not with our fathers did Jehovah make this covenant, but with us, [even] us, those [who are] here alive all of us this day.

Deuteronomy 18:16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

1 Thessalonians 4:16for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:19-29

Nature of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that… Read the whole commentary →

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