Exodus 19:18
The mount of Sina was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
17And Moses led the people forth out of the camp to meet God, and they stood by under the mountain.
Cross References
Genesis 15:17And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
Exodus 3:2And an angel of the Lord appeared to him in + 3:2 Gr. fire of flame.flaming fire out of the bush, and he sees that the bush burns with fire,—but the bush was not consumed.
Exodus 20:18And all the people perceived the + 20:18 Or, saw the lightening, lit. saw the voice.thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,
Deuteronomy 4:11And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.
Deuteronomy 5:22These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire— there was darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice—and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me.
Judges 5:5The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi, this Sina before the face of the Lord God of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:17-25
The Divine Presence on Mount Sinai. ( b. c. 1491.) 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof… Read the whole commentary →