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Hebrews 12:20

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

19 to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

21 The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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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
For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
KJV
(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:
WEB
for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.
ASV
for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
DARBY
(for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
BLB
for they could not bear that being commanded: “If even a beast should touch the mountain, it will be stoned.”
ÅB
for de kunne ikke bære dette bud: Om det så bare er et dyr som rører ved fjellet, skal det steines,
OTB
fordi de ikke kunne bære budet: “Om selv et dyr rører ved fjellet, skal det steines.”
B1930
for de kunde ikke bære dette bud: Om det så bare er et dyr som rører ved fjellet, skal det stenes,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 19:12–13

    And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:2

    He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

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  • Galatians 3:10

    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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  • Galatians 2:19

    For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

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  • Exodus 19:16

    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.

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  • Romans 3:19–20

    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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