Hebrews 12:23

You 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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In The King James Version

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

In Context

22Instead, 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.

24You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than Abel's blood.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing, killing the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated the same as the wicked. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Exodus 13:2“Set apart to me all the firstborn, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me.”

Deuteronomy 21:17Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he possesses; for that son is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

Psalms 69:28Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life 1 and not be written down along with the righteous. 1

Psalms 89:27I also will place him as my firstborn son, 1 the most exalted of the kings of the earth. 1

Psalms 96:13before Yahweh, for he is coming. 1 He is coming to judge the earth. 1 He will judge the world with righteousness 1 and the peoples with his faithfulness.

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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