Exodus 20:21

New International Reader's Version

Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. But the people remained a long way off.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Then Solomon said, “Lord, you have said you would live in a dark cloud.

2 Chronicles 6:1

Then Solomon said, “Lord, you have said you would live in a dark cloud.

Psalm 104:2

The Lord wraps himself in light as if it were a robe. He spreads out the heavens like a tent.

Psalm 18:12

Clouds came out of the brightness that was all around him. They came with hailstones and flashes of lightning.

Psalm 18:9

He opened the heavens and came down. Dark clouds were under his feet.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and thick darkness surround him. His rule is built on what is right and fair.

Exodus 19:3

Then Moses went up to God. The Lord called out to him from the mountain. He said, “Here is what I want you to say to my people, who belong to Jacob’s family. Tell the Israelites,

Deuteronomy 5:22

These are the commandments the Lord announced in a loud voice to your whole community. He gave them to you there on the mountain. He spoke out of the fire, cloud and deep darkness. He didn’t add anything else. Then he wrote the commandments on two stone tablets. And he gave them to me.

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,

1 Timothy 6:16

God is the only one who can’t die. He lives in light that no one can get close to. No one has seen him. No one can see him. Honor and power belong to him forever. Amen.