Exodus 20:21

WEB

²¹The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

KJV

²¹And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

BSB

²¹And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

FBV

²¹The people stood a long way off as Moses went over to the thick, dark cloud where God was.

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Extra References

1 Kings 8:12

¹²Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Psalms 97:2

²Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Psalms 18:9

⁹He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

1 Timothy 6:16

¹⁶He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

2 Chronicles 6:1

¹Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

¹⁶On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. ¹⁷Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.

Psalms 18:12

¹²At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalms 104:2

²He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

Deuteronomy 5:5

⁵(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the LORD’s word; for you were afraid because of the fire, and didn’t go up onto the mountain) saying,

Deuteronomy 5:22

²²The LORD spoke these words to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. He added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me.