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Exodus 19:20

MosesMount Sinai

18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

19 And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

21 and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

22 Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”

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BSB
The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
KJV
And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
WEB
The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. The LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
ASV
And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
DARBY
And Jehovah came down on mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain; and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
BLB
And YHWH descended upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And YHWH called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses ascended.
ÅB
Og Herren steg ned på Sinai berg, på fjellets topp; og Herren kalte Moses opp på fjellets topp, og Moses steg opp.
OTB
Herren steg ned til toppen av Sinai-fjellet og kalte Moses til toppen av fjellet, og Moses gikk opp.
B1930
Og Herren steg ned på Sinai berg, på fjellets topp; og Herren kalte Moses op på fjellets topp, og Moses steg op.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 9:13

    You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

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  • Exodus 24:18

    Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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  • Exodus 34:4

    So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.

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  • Exodus 24:12–13

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

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  • Exodus 19:11

    and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

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  • Exodus 19:3

    Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

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  • Psalms 81:7

    You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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  • Exodus 34:2

    Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.

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