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Hebrews 12:18-20
1599 Geneva Bible
Hebrews 12:18-20
1599 Geneva Bible
18 [a]For ye are not come unto the (A)mount that might be [b]touched, nor unto burning fire, nor to blackness and darkness, and tempest,
19 Neither unto the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they that heard it, excused themselves, (B)that the word should not be spoken to them any more.
20 (For they were not able to abide that which was commanded, (C)yea, though a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
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- Hebrews 12:18 Now he applieth the same exhortation, to the Prophetical and kingly office of Christ compared with Moses, after this sort, If the majesty of the Law was so great, how great think you that the glory of Christ and the Gospel is? And this comparison he declareth also particularly.
- Hebrews 12:18 Which might be touched with hands, which was of a gross and earthly matter.
Hebrews 12:18-20
New International Version
Hebrews 12:18-20
New International Version
The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;(A) 19 to a trumpet blast(B) or to such a voice speaking words(C) that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,(D) 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”[a](E)
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- Hebrews 12:20 Exodus 19:12,13
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