Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
15He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”
17Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.
Cross References
Exodus 9:28Pray to the LORD; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
Exodus 20:18All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the LORD’s glory filled the tabernacle.
1 Samuel 12:17Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that he may send thunder and rain; and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the LORD’s sight, in asking for a king.”
Job 37:1“Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.
Psalms 18:11He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:10-16
The Approach of God Announced. ( b. c. 1491.) 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord . 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai. 12 And thou… Read the whole commentary →