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Exodus 20:21

Moses
God's holiness

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.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

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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
And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
KJV
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
WEB
The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
ASV
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
DARBY
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.
BLB
And the people stood from afar, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
ÅB
Så ble folket stående langt borte, og Moses gikk nær til mørket hvor Gud var.
OTB
Så ble folket stående på avstand, mens Moses nærmet seg det tykke mørket der Gud var.
B1930
Så blev folket stående langt borte, og Moses gikk nær til mørket hvor Gud var.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 8:12

    Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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  • Psalms 97:2

    Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

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  • Psalms 18:9

    He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:16

    Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:1

    Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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  • Psalms 104:2

    Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

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  • Deuteronomy 5:5

    (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

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  • Exodus 19:16–17

    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.

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