Shēnméngjì 5:23

23 Nàshí , huǒyàn shāo shān , nǐmen tīngjian cóng hēiàn zhōng chūlai de shēngyīn . nǐmen zhīpaì zhōng suǒyǒude shǒulǐng hé zhǎnglǎo dōu lái jiù jìn wǒ ,

Shēnméngjì 5:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 5:23

And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst
of the darkness
The thick darkness, where God was, and with which the mountain was covered, ( Exodus 20:21 )

for the mountain did burn with fire;
which is a reason both why the Lord spoke out of the midst of the fire, the mountain on which he descended burning with it and also for his speaking out of the midst of darkness, because not only a thick cloud covered the mountain, but it was altogether on a smoke, which ascended as the smoke of a furnace, ( Exodus 19:16 Exodus 19:18 )

that ye come near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes and your
elders;
or wise men, as the Targum of Jonathan; by which it appears, that not only the common people were frightened at what they heard and saw on Mount Sinai, but those of the first rank and eminence among them, who were the most famous for their authority and wisdom.

Shēnméngjì 5:23 In-Context

21 Bùkĕ tānliàn rén de qīzi . yĕ bùkĕ tāntú rén de fángwū , tiándì , pú bì , niú , lu , bìng tā yīqiè suǒyǒude .

22 Zhèxie huà shì Yēhéhuá zaì shān shàng , cóng huǒ zhōng , yún zhōng , yōuàn zhōng , dàshēng xiǎoyù nǐmen quánhuì zhòng de . cǐ waì bìng méiyǒu tiān biéde huà . tā jiù bǎ zhè huà xiĕ zaì liǎng kuaì shí bǎn shàng , jiāo gĕi wǒ le .

23 Nàshí , huǒyàn shāo shān , nǐmen tīngjian cóng hēiàn zhōng chūlai de shēngyīn . nǐmen zhīpaì zhōng suǒyǒude shǒulǐng hé zhǎnglǎo dōu lái jiù jìn wǒ ,

24 Shuō , kàn nǎ , Yēhéhuá wǒmen shén jiāng tāde róngguāng hé tāde dà néng xiǎn gĕi wǒmen kān , wǒmen yòu tīngjian tāde shēngyīn cóng huǒ zhōng chūlai . jīnrì wǒmen de jiàn shén yǔ rén shuōhuà , rén hái cún huó .

25 Xiànzaì zhè dà huǒ jiāngyào shāo miè wǒmen , wǒmen hébì mò sǐ ne , ruò zaì tīngjian Yēhéhuá wǒmen shén de shēngyīn jiù bì sǐwáng .