Hebrews 12:20

for they could not bear the charge given, and “If but a beast touch the mountain he shall be stoned, or shot through with a dart:”

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

(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:

In Context

19and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard, earnestly begged that the discourse might not be directed to them:

21and so terrible was the appearance, that Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and trembling:

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Cross References

Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoever things the law saith, it speaks to those who are under the law: that every mouth might be sealed up, and all the world become criminal before God.

Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law, are under a curse: for it is written, “Cursed is every one who continueth not in all the things written in the book of the law to do them.”

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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