And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am coming to you (A)in a thick cloud, that (B)the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also (C)believe you forever.”

When Moses told the words of the people to the Lord,

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The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud,(A) so that the people will hear me speaking(B) with you and will always put their trust(C) in you.” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.

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18 Now when all the people saw (A)the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid[a] and trembled, and they stood far off

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:18 Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text the people saw

18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet(A) and saw the mountain in smoke,(B) they trembled with fear.(C) They stayed at a distance

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15 Then Moses went up on the mountain, and (A)the cloud covered the mountain.

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15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud(A) covered it,

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16 (A)The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

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16 and the glory(A) of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai.(B) For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.(C)

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17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a (A)devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel.

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17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire(A) on top of the mountain.

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18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses (A)was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty(A) days and forty nights.(B)

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The Lord (A)descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and (B)proclaimed the name of the Lord.

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Then the Lord came down in the cloud(A) and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.(B)

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