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Exd 20:21 — And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God [was].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the people		Exd 19:16,17; Deu 5:5
thick		1Ki 8:12; 2Ch 6:1; Psa 18:9,12; Psa 97:2; Psa 104:2; 1Ti 6:16

Correlating Passages

the people

	Exd 19:16	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.
	Exd 19:17	And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
	Deu 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,

thick

	1Ki 8:12	Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
	2Ch 6:1	Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
	Psa 18:9	He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
	Psa 18:12	At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
	Psa 97:2	Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.
	Psa 104:2	Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
	1Ti 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 20:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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