Exodus 20:21

And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].

Literal Standard Version

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 says to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to try you, and in order that His fear may be before your faces—that you do not sin.”

22And YHWH says to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens;

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Cross References

Exodus 19:16And it comes to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very strong horn; and all the people who [are] in the camp tremble.

Deuteronomy 5:22YHWH has spoken these words to all your assembly in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, [and] of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, [with] a great voice; and He has not added; and He writes them on two tablets of stone and gives them to me.

2 Chronicles 6:1Then Solomon said, “YHWH said [He would] dwell in thick darkness,

Psalms 18:12From the brightness before Him His thick clouds have passed on, || Hail and coals of fire.

Psalms 104:2Covering Himself [with] light as a garment, || Stretching out the heavens as a 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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