Deuteronomy 4:36 Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:36

36: He let you hear his voice from heaven so he could instruct you. He let you see his great fire here on earth so he could speak to you from it.

As the horn blast grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God thundered his reply for all to hear.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a thick cloud so the people themselves can hear me as I speak to you. Then they will always have confidence in you." Moses told the LORD what the people had said.

"You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and instructions that were just, and laws and commands that were true.

Has any nation ever heard the voice of God speaking from fire--as you did--and survived?

See to it that you obey God, the one who is speaking to you. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, how terrible our danger if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!

When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the horn, and when they saw the lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear.
And they said to Moses, "You tell us what God says, and we will listen. But don't let God speak directly to us. If he does, we will die!"
"Don't be afraid," Moses said, "for God has come in this way to show you his awesome power. From now on, let your fear of him keep you from sinning!"
As the people stood in the distance, Moses entered into the deep darkness where God was.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel: You are witnesses that I have spoken to you from heaven.

And the glorious presence of the LORD rested upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from the cloud.

You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai when God gave them his laws.

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