Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:16And 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 were in the camp trembled.
Deuteronomy 5:22These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.
2 Chronicles 6:1Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Psalms 18:12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalms 104:2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:19-22
Terror with Which the Law Was Given. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and… Read the whole commentary →