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17 You know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent,[a] even though he sought the blessing[b] with tears.

18 You have not come to something[c] that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, 19 and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:17 Or no chance to change his father’s mind
  2. Hebrews 12:17 Gk it
  3. Hebrews 12:18 Other ancient authorities read a mountain

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