Hebrews 12:18-21

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

¹⁸ For you have not come to _z what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest ¹⁹ and _a the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words _b made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. ²⁰ For they could not endure the order that was given, _c "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned." ²¹ Indeed, _d so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."

1. Cross References
   Exodus 19:18
   Now 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 the whole mountain trembled greatly.
   Exodus 20:18
   Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off
   Deuteronomy 4:11
   And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
   Deuteronomy 5:22
   These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
   2 Corinthians 3:9
   For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
   
2. Cross References
   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.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 20:19
   And said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.
   Deuteronomy 5:5
   While I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord. For you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said:
   Deuteronomy 18:16
   Just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 19:12 - 13
   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.
   
5. Cross References
   Exodus 19:12 - 13
   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.
   
6. Cross References
   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.
   Deuteronomy 9:19
   For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also.