Hebrews 12:20

(for they could not bear the strict command, if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or shot through with a dart;

1770 John Worsley NT

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 that heard, intreated that the word might not any more be thus delivered to them:

21and so terrible was the appearance that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble:)

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Cross References

Romans 3:19it saith to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world obnoxious to the justice of God.

Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed be every one that continueth not in all things which are 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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