Deuteronomy 9:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.”

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BSBPD

“So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And I turn, and come down from the mount, and the mount is burning with fire, and the two tables of the covenant on my two hands,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 9:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
  2. Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
  3. Exodus 32:14So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
  4. Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
  5. Deuteronomy 5:23And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
  6. Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

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