The Lord Visits Sinai

18 (A)Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it (B)in fire; and its smoke ascended like (C)the smoke of a furnace, and (D)the entire mountain [a]quaked violently.

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  1. Exodus 19:18 Or trembled

18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke,(A) because the Lord descended on it in fire.(B) The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,(C) and the whole mountain[a] trembled(D) violently.

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  1. Exodus 19:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint and all the people

20 Then (A)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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20 The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai(A) and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up

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The (A)earth quaked;
The (B)heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
[a](C)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

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  1. Psalm 68:8 Lit This is Sinai which

the earth shook,(A) the heavens poured down rain,(B)
    before God, the One of Sinai,(C)
    before God, the God of Israel.(D)

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17 The (A)chariots of God are [a]myriads, (B)thousands upon thousands;
[b]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

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  1. Psalm 68:17 Lit twice 10,000
  2. Psalm 68:17 Another reading is The Lord came from Sinai into the sanctuary

17 The chariots(A) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;(B)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[a]

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  1. Psalm 68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness