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Hebrews 12:20

18 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:

(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:

21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company 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,

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Cross references

  • Exodus 19:12–13

    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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  • Deuteronomy 33:2

    And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

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  • Galatians 3:10

    For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

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  • Galatians 2:19

    For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

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  • Exodus 19:16

    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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  • Romans 3:19–20

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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