ThenSolomonsaid,"The LORDhas saidthat He would dwellin the thickcloud.
"I have builtYou a loftyhouse,And a placefor Your dwellingforever."
Cloudsand thickdarknesssurroundHim; Righteousnessand justiceare the foundationof His throne.
So the peoplestoodat a distance,while Mosesapproachedthe thickcloudwhereGod[was].
The LORDsaidto Moses:"Tellyour brotherAaronthat he shall not enterat anytimeinto the holyplace insidethe veil,beforethe mercyseatwhichis on the ark,orhe will die;for I will appearin the cloudoverthe mercyseat.
The LORDis slowto angerand greatin power,And the LORDwill by nomeansleave[the guilty] unpunished.In whirlwindand stormis His way,And cloudsare the dustbeneath His feet.
"You camenearand stoodat the footof the mountain,and the mountainburnedwith fireto the [very] heartof the heavens:darkness,cloudand thickgloom.
For you have not cometo [a mountain] that can be touchedand to a blazingfire,and to darknessand gloomand whirlwind,
