Exodus 20:20
“And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the Lord said unto Moses,.... When Moses was come near the thick darkness where God was:
thus thou shalt say unto…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Exodus 20:18-21
Compare Deu 5:22-31. Aaron Exo 19:24 on this occasion accompanied Moses in drawing near to the thick darkness. Exo 20:22…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
And Moses said - Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces - The maxim…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Exodus 20:18-21
I. The extraordinary terror with which the law was given. Never was any thing delivered with such awful pomp; every word…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
to prove you to put you to the proof (Exo 16:4; cf. on Exo 17:2), to the whether (Deu 8:2), as you have just said…
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