Deuteronomy 4:10

[Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.

Specially the day {H3117} that thou stoodest {H5975} before {H6440} the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430} in Horeb {H2722}, when the LORD {H3068} said {H559} unto me, Gather {H6950} me the people {H5971} together {H6950}, and I will make them hear {H8085} my words {H1697}, that they may learn {H3925} to fear {H3372} me all the days {H3117} that they shall live {H2416} upon the earth {H127}, and that they may teach {H3925} their children {H1121}.

the day you stood before ADONAI your God at Horev, when ADONAI said to me, 'Gather the people to me, and I will make them hear my very words, so that they will learn to hold me in awe as long as they live on earth, and so that they will teach their children.'

The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 19:9 (5 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Deuteronomy 17:19 (4 votes)

    And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

  • Hebrews 12:18 (4 votes)

    ¶ For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

  • Hebrews 12:19 (4 votes)

    And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

  • Deuteronomy 5:2 (3 votes)

    The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

  • Exodus 19:16 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Exodus 20:18 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.