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Deuteronomy 5:23

Fear

21 You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

22 The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

24 and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

25 But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.

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BSB
And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
KJV
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
WEB
When you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
ASV
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
DARBY
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
BLB
And it came to pass when you⁺ heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and while the mountain was burning with the fire, that you⁺ came near to me—all the heads of your⁺ tribes and your⁺ elders,
ÅB
Men da dere hørte røsten midt ut av mørket, mens fjellet sto i brann, da kom dere til meg, alle overhodene for deres stammer og deres eldste,
OTB
Da dere hørte røsten fra midt i mørket, mens fjellet sto i brann, kom alle lederne for deres stammer og deres eldste til meg.
B1930
Men da I hørte røsten midt ut av mørket, mens fjellet stod i brennende lue, da kom I til mig, alle overhodene for eders stammer og eders eldste,

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Cross references

  • Exodus 20:18–19

    When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

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  • Hebrews 12:18–21

    For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

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