So it cameabout on the thirdday,when it was morning,that there were thunderand lightningflashesand a thickcloudupon the mountainand a veryloudtrumpetsound,so that allthe peoplewho[were] in the camptrembled.
"He bowedthe heavensalso, and camedownWith thickdarknessunderHis feet.
so that the priestscouldnot standto ministerbecauseof the cloud,for the gloryof the LORDfilledthe houseof God.
"Whohas clefta channelfor the flood,Or a wayfor the thunderbolt,
May our Godcomeand not keepsilence;FiredevoursbeforeHim, And it is verytempestuousaroundHim.
The soundof Your thunderwas in the whirlwind;The lightningslitup the world;The earthtrembledand shook.
"Hear,O My people,and I will admonishyou; O Israel,ifyou would listento Me!
His lightningslitup the world;The earthsawand trembled.
and let them be readyfor the thirdday,for on the thirddaythe LORDwill comedownon MountSinaiin the sightof allthe people.
He saidto the people,"Be readyfor the thirdday;do not goneara woman."
And Mosesbroughtthe peopleout of the campto meetGod,and they stoodat the footof the mountain.
The LORDsaidto Moses,"Behold,I will cometo you in a thickcloud,sothat the peoplemay hearwhen I speakwith you and may alsobelievein you forever."Then Mosestoldthe wordsof the peopleto the LORD.
Allthe peopleperceivedthe thunderand the lightningflashesand the soundof the trumpetand the mountainsmoking;and when the peoplesaw[it], they trembledand stoodat a distance.
So the peoplestoodat a distance,while Mosesapproachedthe thickcloudwhereGod[was].
Then the cloudcoveredthe tentof meeting,and the gloryof the LORDfilledthe tabernacle.
Mosesstretchedout his stafftowardthe sky,and the LORDsentthunderand hail,and firerandown to the earth.And the LORDrainedhailon the landof Egypt.
Do you not fearMe?' declaresthe LORD.'Do you not tremblein My presence?For I have placedthe sandas a boundaryfor the sea,An eternaldecree,so it cannotcrossoverit. Though the wavestoss,yet they cannotprevail;Though they roar,yet they cannotcrossoverit.
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.
"And He will send forthHis angelswith A GREATTRUMPETand THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHERHis electfrom the fourwinds,from one endof the skyto the other.
[while] I was standingbetweenthe LORDand you at that time,to declareto you the wordof the LORD;for you were afraidbecauseof the fireand did not goup the mountain.He said,
And soterriblewas the sight,[that] Mosessaid,"I AMFULL OF FEARand trembling."
I was in the Spiriton the Lord'sday,and I heardbehindme a loudvoicelike[the sound] of a trumpet,
And the templeof Godwhich is in heavenwas opened;and the arkof His covenantappearedin His temple,and there were flashes of lightningand soundsand peals of thunderand an earthquakeand a greathailstorm.
Afterthese thingsI looked,and behold,a door[standing] openin heaven,and the firstvoicewhichI had heard,like[the sound] of a trumpetspeakingwith me, said,"Comeup here,and I will showyou whatmusttake placeafterthese things."
Out from the thronecomeflashes of lightningand soundsand peals of thunder.And [there were] sevenlampsof fireburningbeforethe throne,whichare the sevenSpiritsof God;
Thenthe angeltookthe censerand filledit with the fireof the altar,and threwit to the earth;and there followedpeals of thunderand soundsand flashes of lightningand an earthquake.
