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Hebrews 12:18

16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

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:

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BSB
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
KJV
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
WEB
For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
ASV
For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
DARBY
For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,
BLB
For you⁺ have not come to [that] being touched and having been kindled with fire, and to darkness and to gloom and to storm,
ÅB
For dere er ikke kommet til et fjell som en kan ta på med hender, og til brennende ild og til skodde og mørke og uvær,
OTB
For dere er ikke kommet til et fjell som kan berøres, og til en brennende ild, og til mørke, dysterhet og storm;
B1930
For I er ikke kommet til et fjell som en kan ta på med hender, og til brennende ild og til skodde og mørke og uvær,

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  • Deuteronomy 4:11

    And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

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  • Exodus 24:17

    And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:22–26

    These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

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  • Exodus 20:18

    And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

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  • Romans 6:14

    For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

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  • Exodus 19:12–22

    And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:9

    For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:7

    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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