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And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A furnace - The word in the original is Egyptian, and occurs only in the Pentateuch.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud. —Compare with this description that of Deuteronomy 4:11-12, which is fuller in some re…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And all the people saw the thunderings.218 Because in the parallel passage Moses discusses more extensively what he here only m…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke
Not from nature, as volcanos, but for a reason after given; it seemed to b…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Never was there such a sermon preached, before or since, as this which was preached to the church in the wilderness. It might be supposed that the …

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