20 (For they could not endure what was commanded: (A)“And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned [a]or shot with an arrow.” 21 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, (B)“I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”)

22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:20 NU, M omit the rest of v. 20.

20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”[a](A) 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”[b](B)

22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(C) to the city(D) of the living God,(E) the heavenly Jerusalem.(F) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:20 Exodus 19:12,13
  2. Hebrews 12:21 See Deut. 9:19.