Exodus 19:16
14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
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 ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
- ASV
- And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.
- BLB
- And it came to pass on the third day, when it was the morning, that there were voices and lightnings, and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the voice of the shofar [was] very mighty. And all the people who [were] in the camp trembled.
- ÅB
- Så skjedde det den tredje dag da morgenen brøt fram, da tok det til å tordne og lyne, og det la seg en tung sky over fjellet, og det hørtes en sterk basunlyd; da skalv alt folket som var i leiren.
- OTB
- Om morgenen den tredje dagen var det torden og lyn, med en tykk sky over fjellet og et meget høyt trompetstøt, som fikk alle i leiren til å skjelve.
- B1930
- Så skjedde det den tredje dag da morgenen brøt frem, da tok det til å tordne og lyne, og det la sig en tung sky over fjellet, og det hørtes en sterk basunlyd; da skalv alt folket som var i leiren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 12:18–19
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Read in contextPsalms 18:11–14
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Read in contextRevelation 4:1
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Read in contextHebrews 12:21
And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
Read in contextRevelation 4:5
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Read in contextPsalms 77:18
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Read in contextRevelation 8:5
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Read in contextRevelation 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
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