Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the Lord came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Deuteronomy 9:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. American Standard Version (1901) So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. Common English Bible So I went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire. The two covenant tablets were in my two hands. Catholic Public Domain Version And as I was descending from the burning mountain, and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands: |
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the Lord came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
So Moses stretched out his staff towards heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the land, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a totally black cloud.
All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.
I saw how you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made a calf image for yourselves. You had quickly turned from the way the Lord had commanded for you.
For you have not come to what could be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, gloom, and storm,