Mount Sinai was covered with smoke. Smoke rose off the mountain like smoke from a furnace. This happened because the Lord came down to the mountain in fire. Also, the whole mountain began to shake.
Deuteronomy 9:15 - Easy To Read Version “Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two flat stones of the Agreement 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 covered with smoke. Smoke rose off the mountain like smoke from a furnace. This happened because the Lord came down to the mountain in fire. Also, the whole mountain began to shake.
So Moses raised his walking stick into the air, and the Lord caused thunder, lightning, and hail to fall to earth. The hail fell all over Egypt.
You came near and stood at the bottom of the mountain. The mountain burned with fire that reached up to the sky. There were thick black clouds and darkness.
“You heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was burning with fire. Then all the elders [32] and the other leaders of your family groups came to me.
I looked and I saw you had sinned against the Lord your God. I saw the calf you made from melted gold! You stopped obeying the Lord so quickly!
You have come to a new place. It is not a place like the mountain that the people of Israel {\cf2\super [161]} came to. You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire. You have not come to a place with darkness, sadness, and storms.