Exodus 19:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 9:13 : 13 “You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
  • Ps 81:7 : 7 In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.(Selah)
  • Exod 19:3 : 3 Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:
  • Exod 19:11 : 11 and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
  • Exod 24:12-13 : 12 The LORD said to Moses,“Come up to me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.” 13 So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.
  • Exod 24:18 : 18 Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  • Exod 34:2 : 2 Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.
  • Exod 34:4 : 4 So Moses cut out two tablets of stone like the first; early in the morning he went up to Mount Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 19:2-3
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    2After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:

  • Exod 19:16-19
    4 verses
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    16On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.

    17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.

    18Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

    19When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice.

  • Exod 19:23-25
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    23Moses said to the LORD,“The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us,‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’”

    24The LORD said to him,“Go, get down, and come up, and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the LORD, lest he break through against them.”

    25So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

  • Exod 24:15-18
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    15Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

    16The glory of the LORD resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

    17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.

    18Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • Exod 19:21
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    21The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.

  • Exod 34:2-3
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    2Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.

    3No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”

  • Exod 24:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12The LORD said to Moses,“Come up to me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”

    13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.

  • Exod 19:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

    12You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying,‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

  • Lev 19:1
    78%

    1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 19:9
    78%

    9The LORD said to Moses,“I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

  • Exod 34:5
    78%

    5The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the LORD by name.

  • Lev 25:1
    76%

    1Regulations for the Sabbatical Year The LORD spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai:

  • Exod 19:14
    76%

    14Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

  • Exod 24:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The Lord Ratifies the Covenant But to Moses the LORD said,“Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.

    2Moses alone may come near the LORD, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him.”

  • Exod 20:20-22
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    20Moses said to the people,“Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”

    21The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

    22The Altar The LORD said to Moses:“Thus you will tell the Israelites:‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken with you from heaven.

  • Exod 20:18
    75%

    18All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking– and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.

  • Lev 18:1
    75%

    1Exhortation to Obedience and Life The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 19:7
    74%

    7So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him,

  • Acts 7:31
    74%

    31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • Num 16:44
    74%

    44The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 20:7
    74%

    7Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 20:1
    74%

    1Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Deut 33:2
    73%

    2He said:A Historical Review The LORD came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.

  • Exod 24:9
    73%

    9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up,

  • Num 20:27
    73%

    27So Moses did as the LORD commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.

  • Num 12:5
    73%

    5And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; he then called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.

  • Exod 33:9
    73%

    9And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

  • Deut 9:15
    73%

    15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

  • Exod 6:10
    73%

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Exod 34:32
    73%

    32After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the LORD had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.

  • Exod 25:1
    72%

    1The Materials for the Sanctuary The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 15:1
    72%

    1Sacrificial Rulings The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 14:1
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    1The Victory at the Red Sea The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 14:40
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    40And early in the morning they went up to the crest of the hill country, saying,“Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the LORD commanded, for we have sinned.”