Exodus 20:21
Mizbe'ach adamah thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy olot, and thy shelamim, thy tzon, and thine oxen; in all places where I cause My Shem to be remembered, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
In Context
20Ye shall not make beside Me elohei kesef, neither shall ye make for yourselves elohei zahav.
Cross References
Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the Yom HaShelishi when the boker was breaking, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon HaHar, and the blast of the shofar exceeding loud; so that kol HaAm that was in the machaneh trembled with terror.
Deuteronomy 5:22Now therefore why should we die? For this great eish will consume us; if we hear the voice of Hashem Eloheinu any more, then we shall die.
2 Chronicles 6:1Then said Sh'lomo, Hashem hath said that He would dwell in a dark cloud.
Psalms 18:12He made choshech His secret place; 1 His sukkah round about Him 1 was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 1
Psalms 104:2Who coverest Thyself with ohr (light) as with a garment; 1 Who stretchest out Shomayim like a tent (curtain); 1
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 →