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21 What they saw was so terrible that Moses said, “I am shaking with fear.”[a][b]

22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.[c] You have come to a place where thousands of angels have gathered to celebrate. 23 You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn[d] children. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people. And you have come to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:21 Quote from Deut. 9:19.
  2. Hebrews 12:21 These verses refer to things that happened to the people of Israel in the time of Moses as described in Ex. 19.
  3. Hebrews 12:22 Jerusalem Here, the spiritual city of God’s people.
  4. Hebrews 12:23 firstborn The first son born in a Jewish family had the most important place in the family and received special blessings. All of God’s children are like that.

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