¹⁸ we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on ^(A)the holy mountain.

⁶ When ^(A)the disciples heard this, ^(B)they fell on their faces and were terrified.

¹⁵ And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, ^(A)“Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

⁵ Then he said, “Do not come near; ^(A)take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

³ Thus says the Lord: ^(A)I have returned to Zion and ^(B)will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, ^(C)and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, ^(D)and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.

The Burning Bush

3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the ^(A)mountain of God.

¹⁶ Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is ^(A)in this place, and I did not know it.” ¹⁷ And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”