Exodus 19:17

And Moses brought forth the people, to meet God out of the camp,—and they stationed themselves in the lower part of the mount,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

In Context

16And it came to pass on the third day, when the morning had come, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mount, and the sound of a horn, loud exceedingly,—and all the people who were in the camp trembled.

18And Mount Sinai, smoked, all over, because Yahweh had come down thereon in fire,—and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled exceedingly.

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Cross References

Leviticus 9:5So they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting,—and all the assembly drew near, and stood before Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 4:11So ye drew near and stood, under the mountain. Now, the mountain, was burning with fire, up to the midst of the heavens,—darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:17-25

The Divine Presence on Mount Sinai. ( b. c. 1491.) 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof… Read the whole commentary →

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