OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 19:18

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All of Mount Sinai smoked, because the LORD descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

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Verse 18. Terrible, by the display of so many instruments of God’s power; lightning, fire, a thick cloud, and various peals of thunder, and the sound of a trumpet; besides rain, and the company of millions of angels. Psalms 67:9, 18. How different was the appearance of Sion, when Jesus proclaimed his gospel! Hebrews 12:18.

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