Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire.
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Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire.
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Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
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Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 4:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 19:9 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 19:19 When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
- Deuteronomy 4:33 Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
- Nehemiah 9:13 “You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- Exodus 20:18-22 All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance. They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.” Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.” The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was. Yahweh said to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
- Hebrews 12:25 See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
- Exodus 24:16 Yahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.
- Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Out of heaven, i.e. out of the air, above…
Out of heaven, i.e. out of the air, above Mount Sinai. See Exo 19:9; 20:18,22. Upon earth; at the top of Mount Sinai.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Out of heaven he made thee to hear his…
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee,.... Thunder is the voice of God, and by which he instructs men in the greatness of his power, Job 26:14, &c. unless his voice in giving the law, which was for the instruction of Israel, is meant; for that was heard on earth, on Mount Sinai, to which the following refers:
and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; on Mount Sinai, which burned with it:
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and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire; the ten commands, and therefore may well be called, a fiery law; see Deu 4:12.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 36. See on Deu_4:15.
36. See on Deu_4:15.
that he might instruct thee] discipline thee, ‘that the people might be brought to a temper of becoming reverence’ (Driver).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain cf. Exo_20:18-22. To indicate still further the preeminence of…
cf. Exo_20:18-22. To indicate still further the preeminence of Israel, Moses emphasizes the supernatural character of the revelation God had given to them, and the awful manner of its delivery; God spake to them with audible voice, out of heaven, amidst fire, and they heard his words out of the fire. To instruct thee. The verb here used (dsy) means primarily to bind and thence to correct, to chasten, which meaning some interpreters would give here. But the word means also to correct by instruction, to instruct or persuade (cf. Isa_8:11 Isa_28:26; Psa_16:7) and the connection, both with what precedes and with what follows, requires this meaning here.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:36 great fire: God revealed the covenant law at…
4:36 great fire: God revealed the covenant law at Mount Sinai with a magnificent and terrifying display of power and glory comparable to the eruption of a great volcano (see study note on 1:33; see Exod 3:1-4; 24:16-18).
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