Hebrews 12:22
But you came to Mount Zion, and to [the] city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,
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In Context
21and (so terrible was the sight), Moses said, “I am exceedingly fearful, and trembling.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:2and he says: “YHWH has come from Sinai, || And has risen from Seir for them; He has shone from Mount Paran, || And has come [with] myriads of holy ones; At His right hand [came] a fiery law [[ or a flaming fire]] for them.
2 Kings 19:4It may be your God YHWH hears all the words of the chief of the butlers with which the king of Asshur his lord has sent him to reproach the living God, and has decided concerning the words that your God YHWH has heard, and you have lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.”
Psalms 42:2My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, || When do I enter and see the face of God?
Psalms 68:17The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, || The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.
Psalms 87:3Honorable things are spoken in You, || O city of God. Selah.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, || For the Holy One of Israel [is] great in your midst!”
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 →