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Hebrews 12:22

But you have arrived at Mount Zion, the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, with its thousands and thousands of angels.

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In The King James Version

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

In Context

21The sight was so terrifying that Moses himself said, “I'm so scared I'm shaking!”

23You have come to the church of the firstborn whose names are written down in heaven, to God, the judge of everyone, and to those good people whose lives are complete.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:2He said, The Lord came from Mount Sinai and shone on us from Mount Seir; he blazed out from Mount Paran coming with ten thousand holy ones, holding flaming fire at his right hand.

2 Kings 19:4Maybe the Lord your God, hearing the message the army commander delivered on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria—a message sent to insult the living God—will punish him for his words. Please say a prayer for the remnant of us who still survive.”

Psalms 42:2I am thirsty for God, the living God. When can I go and see God's face?

Psalms 68:17God's chariots can't be counted; there are thousands and thousands of them. He comes among them from Sinai into his Temple.

Psalms 87:3Many wonderful things are said of you, city of God! Selah.

Isaiah 12:6Shout loudly and sing for joy, you people of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great, and is among you.”

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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