Exodus 19:12-23
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And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, 'Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. h Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.
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No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.' When i the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain."
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So Moses j went down from the mountain to the people and e consecrated the people; f and they washed their garments.
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And he said to the people, "Be ready for the k third day; l do not go near a woman."
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On the morning of the k third day there were m thunders and lightnings and n a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud o trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp p trembled.
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Then q Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
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Now r Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and s the whole mountain trembled greatly.
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And as the o sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and t God answered him in thunder.
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The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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And the Lord said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord u to look and many of them perish.
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Also let the priests who come near to the Lord v consecrate themselves, lest the Lord w break out against them."
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And Moses said to the Lord, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying, x 'Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.'"
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Hebrews 12:20
For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.
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Exodus 19:16
On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:19
And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
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Exodus 19:3
While Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:
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Exodus 19:10
The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments
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Exodus 19:10
The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments
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Exodus 19:11
And be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
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1 Samuel 21:4 - 5
And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread - if the young men have kept themselves from women.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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Exodus 19:15
And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.
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Psalms 77:18
The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest
Revelation 4:5
From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God.
Revelation 8:5
Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
Revelation 11:19
Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
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Exodus 19:9
And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." When Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
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Exodus 19:13
No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.
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Hebrews 12:21
Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear.
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Deuteronomy 4:10
How on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, 'Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.
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Exodus 24:17
Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel.
Judges 5:5
The mountains quaked before the Lord, even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
Psalms 144:5
Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
Isaiah 6:4
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
Revelation 15:8
And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
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Psalms 68:8
The earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
Hebrews 12:26
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.
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Exodus 19:16
On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
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Nehemiah 9:13
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
Psalms 81:7
In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
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Exodus 3:6
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
1 Samuel 6:19
And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the Lord. He struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great blow.
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Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord has said, 'Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.
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2 Samuel 6:8
And David was angry because the Lord had burst forth against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day.
1 Chronicles 13:11
And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
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Exodus 19:12
And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, 'Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.
Joshua 3:4
Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.
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