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16 On[a] the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense[b] cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud[c] horn;[d] all the people who were in the camp trembled.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 19:16 tn Heb “and it was on.”
  2. Exodus 19:16 tn Heb “heavy” (כָּבֵד, kaved).
  3. Exodus 19:16 tn Literally “strong” (חָזָק, khazaq).
  4. Exodus 19:16 tn The word here is שֹׁפָר (shofar), the normal word for “horn.” This word is used especially to announce something important in a public event (see 1 Kgs 1:34; 2 Sam 6:15). The previous word used in the context (v. 16) was יֹבֵל (yovel, “ram’s horn”).