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Mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Yahweh 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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Awe with a Purpose
The terrifying display of fire, smoke, and a quaking mountain was not meant to destroy the people, but to humble them. Commentators like Calvin explain that God used these signs to reveal His awesome holiness and power, instilling a reverent fear that would lead to obedience and confirm the divine authority of the Law.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A furnace - The word in the original is Egyptian, and occurs only in the Pentateuch.
19th Century
Anglican
Thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud. —Compare with this description that of Deuteronomy 4:11-12, which is fuller in some re…
16th Century
Protestant
And all the people saw the thunderings.218 Because in the parallel passage Moses discusses more extensively what he here only m…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke Not from nature, as volcanos, but for a reason after given; it seemed to b…
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 …
