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Everyone in the camp trembled. <a href="/nlt/exodus/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled. <a href="/esv/exodus/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. <a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. <a href="/kjv/exodus/19.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/19.htm">New King James Version</a> Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud over the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. <a href="/nasb/exodus/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. <a href="/lsb/exodus/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. <a href="/amp/exodus/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and flashes of lightning, and a thick cloud was on the mountain, and a very loud blast was sounded on a ram’s horn, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. <a href="/csb/exodus/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a very loud blast from a ram’s horn, so that all the people in the camp shuddered. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp shuddered. <a href="/asv/exodus/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. <a href="/cev/exodus/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud covered the mountain, a loud trumpet blast was heard, and everyone in camp trembled with fear. <a href="/erv/exodus/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. <a href="/gwt/exodus/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On the morning of the second day, there was thunder and lightning with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud blast from a ram's horn [was heard]. All the people in the camp shook with fear. <a href="/gnt/exodus/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud appeared on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast was heard. All the people in the camp trembled with fear. <a href="/isv/exodus/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> When morning came on the third day, there was thunder and lightning, with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and the very loud sound of a ram's horn. All the people in the camp trembled. <a href="/msb/exodus/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram?s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. <a href="/net/exodus/19.htm">NET Bible</a> On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled. <a href="/nheb/exodus/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> It happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. <a href="/wbt/exodus/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 were in the camp trembled. <a href="/web/exodus/19.htm">World English Bible</a> On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it comes to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very strong horn; and all the people who [are] in the camp tremble. <a href="/ylt/exodus/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who are in the camp do tremble. <a href="/slt/exodus/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it shall be in the third day, it being in the morning, and there shall be voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceedingly strong; and all the people in the camp will tremble.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud, and the people that was in the camp, feared. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And now, the third day arrived and the morning dawned. And behold, thunders began to be heard, and also lightning flashed, and a very dense cloud covered the mountain, and the noise of the trumpet resounded vehemently. And the people who were in the camp were fearful. <a href="/nabre/exodus/19.htm">New American Bible</a> On the morning of the third day there were peals of thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud blast of the shofar, so that all the people in the camp trembled. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, as well as a thick cloud on the mountain, and a blast of a trumpet so loud that all the people who were in the camp trembled.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And it came to pass on the third day in the morning that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud appeared upon the mountain and the sound of the trumpet exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it was in the third day, when it was dawn, there were voices and lightnings and a mighty cloud was on the mountain and a sound of a trumpet was very powerful and all the people that were in the camp shook.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a horn exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. <a href="/sep/exodus/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on mount Sina: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled. <a href="/parallel/exodus/19-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4850" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm">The LORD Visits Sinai</a> 16<a href="/hebrew/7992.htm" title="7992: haš·šə·lî·šî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Ordinal from shalowsh; third; feminine a third; by extension, a third; specifically, a third-story cell).">On the third</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ḇay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: hab·bō·qer (Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">when morning</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">came,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: bih·yōṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">there was</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·lōṯ (N-mp) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">thunder</a> <a href="/hebrew/1300.htm" title="1300: ū·ḇə·rā·qîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Lightning. From baraq; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword.">and lightning.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3515.htm" title="3515: kā·ḇêḏ (Adj-ms) -- Heavy. From kabad; heavy; figuratively in a good sense or in a bad sense.">A thick</a> <a href="/hebrew/6051.htm" title="6051: wə·‘ā·nān (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A cloud mass, cloud. From anan; a cloud, i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud.">cloud</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">was upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2389.htm" title="2389: ḥā·zāq (Adj-ms) -- Strong, stout, mighty. From chazaq; strong.">and a very loud</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: wə·qōl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">blast</a> <a href="/hebrew/7782.htm" title="7782: šō·p̄ār (N-ms) -- A horn (for blowing). Or shophar; from shaphar in the original sense of incising; a cornet or curved horn.">of the ram’s horn went out,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">so that all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: bam·ma·ḥă·neh (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">in the camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/2729.htm" title="2729: way·ye·ḥĕ·raḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To tremble, be terrified. A primitive root; to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten.">trembled.</a> 17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-21</a> For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; / to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. / For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” ... <a href="/revelation/4-5.htm">Revelation 4:5</a> From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God. <a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30-31</a> At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. / And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a> For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. <a href="/acts/2-2.htm">Acts 2:2-3</a> Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. / They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a> Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. <a href="/psalms/77-18.htm">Psalm 77:18</a> Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. <a href="/psalms/97-2.htm">Psalm 97:2-5</a> Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation. / Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side. / His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. ... <a href="/psalms/104-32.htm">Psalm 104:32</a> He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder. <a href="/2_samuel/22-14.htm">2 Samuel 22:14-15</a> The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. / He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. <a href="/isaiah/29-6.htm">Isaiah 29:6</a> you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire. <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30</a> And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. <a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm">Ezekiel 1:4</a> I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber, <a href="/ezekiel/10-5.htm">Ezekiel 10:5</a> The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. <a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Joel 2:1</a> Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightning, and a thick cloud on the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.thunders<a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23,28,29</a> And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt… <a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">Exodus 20:18</a> And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.<a href="/1_samuel/12-17.htm">1 Samuel 12:17,18</a> Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king… thick<a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Exodus 19:9</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.<a href="/exodus/40-34.htm">Exodus 40:34</a> Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.<a href="/2_chronicles/5-14.htm">2 Chronicles 5:14</a> So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.voice<a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a> I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,<a href="/revelation/4-1.htm">Revelation 4:1</a> After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.all the people<a href="/jeremiah/5-22.htm">Jeremiah 5:22</a> Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?<a href="/hebrews/12-21.htm">Hebrews 12:21</a> And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">Blast</a> <a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/exodus/10-19.htm">Exceeding</a> <a href="/exodus/1-7.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Flashes</a> <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Lightnings</a> <a href="/exodus/18-14.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/exodus/19-14.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/19-14.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/exodus/15-14.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/exodus/19-15.htm">Third</a> <a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Thunder</a> <a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Thunders</a> <a href="/exodus/15-14.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Trembled</a> <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">Trumpet</a> <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/23-24.htm">Blast</a> <a href="/exodus/19-17.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Exceeding</a> <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/exodus/19-21.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">Flashes</a> <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">Lightnings</a> <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/exodus/19-17.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/19-17.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/exodus/19-17.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Third</a> <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Thunder</a> <a href="/job/28-26.htm">Thunders</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Trembled</a> <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Trumpet</a> <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 19</div>1. <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">The people arrive at Sinai</a> 3. <a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/19-8.htm">The people are prepared against the third day, for the giving of the law</a> 12. <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">The mountain must not be touched</a> 16. <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">The fearful presence of God upon the mount</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "third day" often signifies a period of divine intervention or revelation in Scripture, as seen in the resurrection of Jesus Christ (<a href="/matthew/16-21.htm">Matthew 16:21</a>). It underscores the importance of readiness to meet God.when morning came Morning is frequently associated with new beginnings and divine encounters in the Bible. It symbolizes the light of God's presence dispelling darkness, as seen in <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a>, where God's mercies are new every morning.there was thunder and lightning Thunder and lightning are manifestations of God's power and majesty, often accompanying His presence (<a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3-9</a>). They serve as a reminder of God's awe-inspiring nature and His authority over creation, as seen in the theophany at Mount Sinai.A thick cloud was upon the mountain The thick cloud represents God's glory and His veiled presence, indicating both His immanence and transcendence. This cloud is a recurring symbol of God's presence, as seen in the pillar of cloud that guided the Israelites (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a>) and the cloud at the Transfiguration of Jesus (<a href="/matthew/17-5.htm">Matthew 17:5</a>).and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out The ram's horn, or shofar, is a significant instrument in Israelite worship and warfare, symbolizing a call to attention and divine assembly. It is used in various biblical contexts, such as the fall of Jericho (<a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4-5</a>) and the Year of Jubilee (<a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Leviticus 25:9</a>), signifying liberation and God's intervention.so that all the people in the camp trembled The people's trembling reflects a natural human response to the divine presence, highlighting the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom (<a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>). It underscores the seriousness of encountering a holy God and the need for reverence and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a> The mountain where God met with Moses and gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments. It is a place of divine revelation and covenant. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people of God who were delivered from Egypt and are now at the foot of Mount Sinai, experiencing God's presence in a powerful way. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to mediate between Him and His people. Moses ascends Mount Sinai to receive God's law. 4. <a href="/topical/t/theophany.htm">Theophany</a> A visible manifestation of God to humans. In this event, God reveals Himself through natural phenomena like thunder, lightning, and a trumpet blast. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_third_day.htm">The Third Day</a> A significant time marker in biblical accounts, often associated with divine intervention and revelation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_holiness_of_god.htm">The Holiness of God</a> The dramatic display of thunder, lightning, and a trumpet blast underscores God's holiness and the reverence due to Him. We are reminded to approach God with awe and respect. <a href="/topical/g/god's_revelation.htm">God's Revelation</a> God chooses to reveal Himself in powerful and unmistakable ways. We should be attentive to how God reveals Himself in our lives, whether through Scripture, prayer, or circumstances. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_encounter.htm">Preparation for Encounter</a> The Israelites were instructed to prepare themselves for God's presence. Similarly, we should prepare our hearts and minds to meet with God, especially in worship and prayer. <a href="/topical/f/fear_and_reverence.htm">Fear and Reverence</a> The people's trembling response is a natural reaction to God's overwhelming presence. This fear is not just terror but a reverent acknowledgment of God's power and authority. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> This event marks the beginning of a covenant relationship between God and Israel. It reminds us of the importance of living in covenant with God, obeying His commands, and trusting His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 19</a> <a href="/q/why_is_god_fearsome_in_exodus_19.htm">Why is God depicted as a physical, fearsome presence in Exodus 19, but more abstractly and intimately in other biblical passages?</a> <a href="/q/exodus_13_21-22__natural_or_symbolic.htm">Exodus 13:21–22 – Could the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire have a natural explanation, or is this purely symbolic?</a> <a href="/q/what_do_the_seven_thunders_mean.htm">What do the seven thunders in Revelation signify?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_temple_shaking_in_isaiah.htm">Isaiah 6:3–4 – Is there any scientific or historical evidence to support the temple shaking and filling with smoke in this vision? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16-20) Thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud.--Compare with this description that of Deut. (<a href="/context/deuteronomy/4-11.htm" title="And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the middle of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.">Deuteronomy 4:11-12</a>), which is fuller in some respects:--"Ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. And the Lord spake unto you out of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice." The phenomena accumulated to impress the people seem to have been loud thunder, fierce flashes of lightning, a fire that streamed up from the mountain to the middle of the sky, dense volumes of smoke producing an awful and weird darkness, a trembling of the mountain as by a continuous earthquake, a sound like the blare of a trumpet loud and prolonged, and then finally a clear penetrating voice. So awful a manifestation has never been made at any other place or time, nor will be until the consummation of all things. To regard it as a mere "storm of thunder and lightning," or as "an earthquake with volcanic eruptions," is to miss altogether the meaning of the author, and to empty his narrative of all its natural significance.The voice of the trumpet.--Heb., a voice of a trumpet. The trumpet's blare is the signal of a herald calling attention to a proclamation about to be made. At the last day the coming of Christ is to be announced by "the trump of God" (<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm" title="For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:">1Thessalonians 4:16</a>). In the Apocalypse angels are often represented as sounding with trumpets (<a href="/context/revelation/8-7.htm" title="The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast on the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.">Revelation 8:7-8</a>; <a href="/revelation/8-10.htm" title="And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of waters;">Revelation 8:10</a>; <a href="/revelation/8-12.htm" title="And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.">Revelation 8:12</a>; <a href="/revelation/9-1.htm" title="And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.">Revelation 9:1</a>; <a href="/revelation/9-14.htm" title="Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.">Revelation 9:14</a>, &c.) when some great event is about to occur. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 16-20. - THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD UPON SINAI. All was ready. The fence had been made (ver. 23); the people had purified themselves - at least so far as externals went. The third day was come - there was a breathless hush of expectation. Then suddenly, in the morning, the presence manifested itself. "There were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud" (ver. 16); "and Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace and the whole mount quaked greatly" (ver. 18) Or, as the scene is elsewhere (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-11.htm">Deuteronomy 4:11, 12</a>) described by Moses - "Ye came near and stood under the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. And the Lord spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice." The phenomena were not a mere "storm of thunder and lightning, whereof Moses took advantage to persuade the people that they had heard God's voice" - not "an earthquake with volcanic eruptions" - not even these two combined - but a real theophany, in which amid the phenomena of storm and tempest, and fire and smoke, and thick darkness, and hearings of the ground as by an earthquake shock, first the loud blast of a trumpet sounded long commanding attention, and then a clear penetrating voice, like that of a man, made itself heard in distinctly articulated words, audible to the whole multitude, and recognised by them as superhuman - as "the voice of God" (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-33.htm">Deuteronomy 4:33</a>). It is in vain to seek to minimise, and to rationalise the scene, and tone it down into something not supernatural. The only honest course is either to accept it as a plain record of plain (albeit miraculous) facts, or to reject it altogether as the fiction of a romancer. Verse 16. - There were thunders. Literally, "voices," as in <a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23</a>; but there can be no doubt that "thunder" is meant. A thick cloud. Compare above, ver. 9, and the comment ad loc. The voice of the trumpet. Literally, "a trumpet's voice." The word used for "trumpet" is not the same as in ver. 13; but the variation does not seem to have any importance. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/19-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>On the third הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י (haš·šə·lî·šî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7992.htm">Strong's 7992: </a> Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) day, בַיּ֨וֹם (ḇay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day when morning הַבֹּ֗קֶר (hab·bō·qer) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> Dawn, morning came, וַיְהִי֩ (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be there was בִּֽהְיֹ֣ת (bih·yōṯ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be thunder קֹלֹ֨ת (qō·lōṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound and lightning. וּבְרָקִ֜ים (ū·ḇə·rā·qîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1300.htm">Strong's 1300: </a> Lightning, a gleam, a flashing sword A thick כָּבֵד֙ (kā·ḇêḏ) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3515.htm">Strong's 3515: </a> Heavy cloud וְעָנָ֤ן (wə·‘ā·nān) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6051.htm">Strong's 6051: </a> A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud was upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the mountain, הָהָ֔ר (hā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country with a very loud חָזָ֣ק (ḥā·zāq) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2389.htm">Strong's 2389: </a> Strong, stout, mighty trumpet שֹׁפָ֖ר (šō·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7782.htm">Strong's 7782: </a> A cornet, curved horn blast, וְקֹ֥ל (wə·qōl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound so that all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the people הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock in the camp בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ (bam·ma·ḥă·neh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> An encampment, an army trembled. וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד (way·ye·ḥĕ·raḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2729.htm">Strong's 2729: </a> To shudder with terror, to fear, to hasten <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">OT Law: Exodus 19:16 It happened on the third day when (Exo. 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