16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud blast from a ram’s horn, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.

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The People’s Reaction

18 All the people witnessed[a] the thunder and lightning, the sound of the ram’s horn, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it[b] they trembled and stood at a distance.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:18 Lit saw
  2. 20:18 Sam, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read smoke. The people (or they) were afraid,

18 The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.(A)
The earth shook and quaked.(B)

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The angel took the incense burner, filled it with fire from the altar,(A) and hurled it to the earth; there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.(B)

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19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant[a] appeared in his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder,(A) an earthquake,[b] and severe hail.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:19 Other mss read ark of the covenant of the Lord
  2. 11:19 Other mss omit an earthquake

18 There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. And a severe earthquake occurred like no other since people have been on the earth, so great was the quake.(A)

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