18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke,(A) because the Lord descended on it in fire.(B) The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,(C) and the whole mountain[a] trembled(D) violently.

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  1. Exodus 19:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint and all the people

The mountains quaked(A) before the Lord, the One of Sinai,
    before the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Part your heavens,(A) Lord, and come down;(B)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(C)

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There the angel of the Lord(A) appeared to him in flames of fire(B) from within a bush.(C) Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.

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And the temple was filled with smoke(A) from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple(B) until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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When you, God, went out(A) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,[a](B)
the earth shook,(C) the heavens poured down rain,(D)
    before God, the One of Sinai,(E)
    before God, the God of Israel.(F)

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  1. Psalm 68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.

17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire(A) on top of the mountain.

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24 I looked at the mountains,
    and they were quaking;(A)
    all the hills were swaying.

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32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,(A)
    who touches the mountains,(B) and they smoke.(C)

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He said:

“The Lord came from Sinai(A)
    and dawned over them from Seir;(B)
    he shone forth(C) from Mount Paran.(D)
He came with[a] myriads of holy ones(E)
    from the south, from his mountain slopes.[b]

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:2 Or from
  2. Deuteronomy 33:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness;(A) and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets(B) and gave them to me.

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28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.(A)

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26 At that time his voice shook the earth,(A) but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[a](B)

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  1. Hebrews 12:26 Haggai 2:6

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.(A)

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The Dedication of the Temple(A)

When Solomon finished praying, fire(B) came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled(C) the temple.(D) The priests could not enter(E) the temple of the Lord because the glory(F) of the Lord filled it. When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying,

“He is good;
    his love endures forever.”(G)

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11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain(A) in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”(B)

Then a great and powerful wind(C) tore the mountains apart and shattered(D) the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire,(E) but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.(F)

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17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch(A) appeared and passed between the pieces.(B)

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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)

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  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up

The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy

18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;(A)

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He will punish(A) those who do not know God(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(C)

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Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.(A) There will be famines(B) and earthquakes in various places.

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You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake[a](A) in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come,(B) and all the holy ones with him.(C)

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  1. Zechariah 14:5 Or My mountain valley will be blocked and will extend to Azel. It will be blocked as it was blocked because of the earthquake

The mountains quake(A) before him
    and the hills melt away.(B)
The earth trembles(C) at his presence,
    the world and all who live in it.(D)
Who can withstand(E) his indignation?
    Who can endure(F) his fierce anger?(G)
His wrath is poured out like fire;(H)
    the rocks are shattered(I) before him.

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Tremble, earth,(A) at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,

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18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,(A)
    your lightning(B) lit up the world;
    the earth trembled and quaked.(C)

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