Deuteronomy 9:15 Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:15

15: "So I came down from the fiery mountain, holding in my hands the two stone tablets of the covenant.

All Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook with a violent earthquake.

You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain was burning with fire. Flames shot into the sky, shrouded in black clouds and deep darkness.

But when you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders came to me.

So Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. The LORD sent a tremendous hailstorm against all the land of Egypt.

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.

So the LORD withdrew his threat and didn't bring against his people the disaster he had threatened.
Then Moses turned and went down the mountain. He held in his hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
These stone tablets were God's work; the words on them were written by God himself.
When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting below them, he exclaimed to Moses, "It sounds as if there is a war in the camp!"
But Moses replied, "No, it's neither a cry of victory nor a cry of defeat. It is the sound of a celebration."

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