Deuteronomy 5:23
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
KJV
Vos autem postquam audistis vocem de medio tenebrarum, et montem ardere vidistis, accessistis ad me omnes principes tribuum et majores natu, atque dixistis :
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἠκούσατε τὴν φωνὴν ἐκ μέσου τοῦ πυρός, καὶ τὸ ὄρος ἐκαίετο πυρί, καὶ προσήλθετε πρὸς μὲ πάντες οἱ ἡγούμενοι τῶν φυλῶν ὑμῶν καὶ ἡ γερουσία ὑμῶν·
LXX
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֗י כְּ/שָׁמְעֲ/כֶ֤ם אֶת הַ/קּוֹל֙ מִ/תּ֣וֹךְ הַ/חֹ֔שֶׁךְ וְ/הָ/הָ֖ר בֹּעֵ֣ר בָּ/אֵ֑שׁ וַ/תִּקְרְב֣וּ/ן אֵלַ֔/י כָּל רָאשֵׁ֥י שִׁבְטֵי/כֶ֖ם וְ/זִקְנֵי/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 4:11 — And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
- Deut 9:15 — 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.
- Deut 18:16 — According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, t
- Exod 20:18 — And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
- Exod 20:19 — And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- Heb 12:18 — For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
- Ps 68:8 — The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.