Hebrews 12:20
For they could not endure the order which had been given, "Even a wild beast, if it touches the mountain, shall be stoned to death;"
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
19a sound of such a kind that those who heard it entreated that no more should be added.
21and so terrible was the scene that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."
Cross References
Romans 3:19But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.
Galatians 3:10All who are depending upon their own obedience to the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not remain faithful to all the precepts of the Law, and practise 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 →