Exodus 20:18

New International Reader's Version

The people saw the thunder and lightning. They heard the trumpet. They saw the mountain covered with smoke. They trembled with fear and stayed a long way off.

Cross References

Genesis 15:17

The sun set and it became dark. Then a burning torch and a pot filled with smoking coals appeared. They passed between the pieces of the animals that had been cut in two.

Genesis 3:10

“I heard you in the garden,” the man answered. “I was afraid, because I was naked. So I hid.”

Psalm 81:7

You called out when you were in trouble, and I saved you. I answered you out of a thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

Jeremiah 23:23

“Am I only a God who is nearby?” announces the Lord. “Am I not a God who is also far away?

Deuteronomy 18:16

At Mount Horeb you asked the Lord your God for a prophet. You asked him on the day you gathered together. You said, “We don’t want to hear the voice of the Lord our God. We don’t want to see this great fire anymore. If we do, we’ll die.”

Deuteronomy 4:36

From heaven he made you hear his voice. He wanted to teach you. On earth he showed you his great fire. You heard his words coming out of the fire.

Deuteronomy 5:23

The mountain was blazing with fire. You heard the voice coming out of the darkness. So your elders and all the leaders of your tribes came to me.

Deuteronomy 5:25

But why should we die? This great fire will burn us up. We’ll die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God again.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then tell us what he tells you. We will listen and obey.”

Deuteronomy 5:5

At that time I stood between the Lord and you. I announced to you the Lord’s message. I did it because you were afraid of the fire. You didn’t go up the mountain. The Lord said,