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Exodus 19:18 KJV
Exodus · chapter 19 · verse 18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.Exodus 19:18 · King James Version
Exodus 19:18 in context
16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
20And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- descendedyâradto descend (literally, to go downwardsH3381 →
- ascendedʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- furnacekibshâna smelting furnaceH3536 →
- quakedchâradto shudder with terrorH2729 →
- mounthara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- SinaiÇîynaySinai, mountain of ArabiaH5514 →
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Now, at length, comes that memorable day, that terrible day of the Lord, that day of judgment, in which Israel heard the voice of the Lord God speaking to them out of the midst of the fire, and lived, Deu 4:33.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-25