"And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God {was}." — Exodus 20:21

Exodus 20:21 · KJV

“And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God {was}.”

— Exodus 20:21

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

Verse 22

And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Exodus 20 — Context

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God {was}.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Psalms 97:2

Clouds and darkness {are} round about him: righteousness and judgment {are} the habitation of his throne. {habitation: or, establishment}

Psalms 18:9

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness {was} under his feet.

1 Timothy 6:16

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom {be} honour and power everlasting. Amen.

2 Chronicles 6:1

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Psalms 18:12

At the brightness {that was} before him his thick clouds passed, hail {stones} and coals of fire.

Deuteronomy 5:5

(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

Exodus 19:16-17

And 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.