Hebrews 12:22

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels in celebration.

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

21So fearful was this sight that Moses said, “I am terrified and am trembling.”

23You have come to the congregation of the firstborn, who have been registered in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous ones who have been made perfect.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:2He said: 1 Yahweh came from Sinai 1 and rose from Seir upon them. 1 He shined out from Mount Paran, 1 and he came with ten thousands of holy ones. 1 In his right hand were flashes of lightning. 1

2 Kings 19:4It may be that Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the chief commander, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Now lift up your prayer for the remnant that is still here.'”

Psalms 42:2I thirst for God, for the living God, 1 when will I come and appear before God? 1

Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; 1 the Lord is among them in the holy place, as at Sinai. 1

Psalms 87:3Glorious things are said of you, city of God. Selah 1

Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout for joy, you inhabitants of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

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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