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Exodus 20:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God "

Exodus 20:21

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

20 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

21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God

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.

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

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1 Timothy 6:16

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"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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2 Chronicles 6:1

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

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From This Chapter

Exodus 20:1

"And God spake all these words, saying,"

Exodus 20:2

"I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."

Exodus 20:3

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

Exodus 20:4

"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:"

Exodus 20:5

"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate"

Exodus 20:6

"And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."
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