Exodus 20:18

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance,

Cross References

Genesis 15:17

Then, when the sun had set, there came a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

Genesis 3:10

And he said, "I heard your voice in Paradise, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and so I hid myself."

Psalm 81:7

But you will die like men, and you will fall just like one of the princes.

Jeremiah 23:23

Do you not realize that I am a God close by, says the Lord, and not a God far away?

Deuteronomy 18:16

just as you petitioned of the Lord your God at Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and you said: 'Let me no longer hear the voice of the Lord my God, and let me no longer see this very great fire, lest I die.'

Deuteronomy 4:36

He has caused you to hear his voice from heaven, so that he might teach you. And he showed you his exceedingly great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire.

Deuteronomy 5:23

Then, after you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and you saw the mountain burning, you approached me, all you leaders of the tribes and those greater by birth. And you said:

Deuteronomy 5:25

Therefore, why should we die, and why should this very great fire devour us? For if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we will die.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Instead, you should approach and listen to all the things that the Lord our God will say to you. And you will speak to us, and we will listen and do these things.'

Deuteronomy 5:5

I was the mediator, for I was in the middle between the Lord and you, at that time, to announce his words to you. For you were afraid of the fire, and so you did not ascend to the mountain. And he said: