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20 For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”[a] 21 In fact, the scene[b] was so terrifying that Moses said, “I shudder with fear.”[c] 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city[d] of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:20 sn A quotation from Exod 19:12-13.
  2. Hebrews 12:21 tn Grk “that which appeared.”
  3. Hebrews 12:21 tn Grk “I am terrified and trembling.”sn A quotation from Deut 9:19.
  4. Hebrews 12:22 tn Grk “and the city”; the conjunction is omitted in translation since it seems to be functioning epexegetically—that is, explaining further what is meant by “Mount Zion.”