Holy Scripture
Exodus 19:20
A church father on this verse
“Moses alone ascended to its very top, where the divine majesty shone forth in fire and a dark cloud. Only the more perfect know how to grasp and observe the deeper and most secret mysteries of the law; the carnal-minded people, content with the external aspects of the letter, and gathered apart, as it were, and below,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
18The mount of Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.
19And the sounds of the trumpet were waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.
— Exodus 19:20 —
21And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw nigh to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.
22And let the priests that draw nigh to the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest he destroy some of them.