Êxodo 19:18

18 Nisso todo o monte Sinai fumegava, porque o Senhor descera sobre ele em fogo; e a fumaça subiu como a fumaça de uma fornalha, e todo o monte tremia fortemente.

Êxodo 19:18 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 19:18

And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke
Not from nature, as volcanos, but for a reason after given; it seemed to be one large body of smoke, nothing else to be seen but smoke; an emblem of the darkness of the legal dispensation, which was full of obscure types and figures, of dark shadows and smoky sacrifices, to which the clear day, of the Gospel dispensation is opposed, see ( 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 )

because the Lord descended upon it in fire;
in flaming fire, as the Targums, which set the mountain on fire, and caused this prodigious smoke; for if he, who is a consuming fire, but toucheth the hills and mountains, they smoke, ( Psalms 104:32 )

and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace
such an one as that which Abraham in vision saw, ( Genesis 15:17 )

and the whole mount quaked greatly;
to which circumstance Deborah refers in her song, when she speaks of mountains melting and flowing from before the presence of the God of Israel, and particularly of Sinai, ( Judges 5:4 Judges 5:5 ) , and the psalmist, who makes mention of the earth shaking, and the heavens dropping, and of Sinai being moved at his presence, ( Psalms 68:8 ) , it is probable there was an earthquake at this time, which sometimes attends thunders and lightnings, see ( Revelation 16:18 ) .

Êxodo 19:18 In-Context

16 Ao terceiro dia, ao amanhecer, houve trovões, relâmpagos, e uma nuvem espessa sobre o monte; e ouviu-se um sonido de buzina mui forte, de maneira que todo o povo que estava no arraial estremeceu.

17 E Moisés levou o povo fora do arraial ao encontro de Deus; e puseram-se ao pé do monte.

18 Nisso todo o monte Sinai fumegava, porque o Senhor descera sobre ele em fogo; e a fumaça subiu como a fumaça de uma fornalha, e todo o monte tremia fortemente.

19 E, crescendo o sonido da buzina cada vez mais, Moisés falava, e Deus lhe respondia por uma voz.

20 E, tendo o Senhor descido sobre o monte Sinai, sobre o cume do monte, chamou a Moisés ao cume do monte; e Moisés subiu.