Exodus 20:21

Modern English Version

The people stood a distance away as Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Then Solomon spoke, saying, “The Lord said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.

2 Chronicles 6:1

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that He would dwell in the dark cloud.

Psalm 104:2

covering Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a curtain.

Psalm 18:12

Out of the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalm 18:9

He bowed the heavens and came down; darkness was under His feet.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Exodus 19:3

Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the Israelites:

Deuteronomy 5:22

These are the words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 5:5

I stood between the Lord and you at that time to declare to you the word of the Lord, for you were afraid because of the fire and would not go up to the mountain. He said:

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone has immortality, living in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen, nor can see. To Him be honor and everlasting power. Amen.