Hebrews 12:20

for they could not bear that which was commanded, Even if a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

(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:

In Context

19and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they who heard refused that more should be spoken to them;

21and so terrible was the sight, that Moses said: I fear, and tremble.

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Cross References

Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Galatians 3:10For as many as are of works of law are under a curse; for it is written: Cursed is every one that continues not in all the things written in the book of the law, to do them.

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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