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The Message Bible MSG
16 On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
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On the third day at daybreak, there were loud claps of thunder, flashes of lightning, a thick cloud covering the mountain, and an ear-piercing trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp shuddered in fear.
17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
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Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God. They stood at attention at the base of the mountain.
18 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
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Mount Sinai was all smoke because God had come down on it as fire. Smoke poured from it like smoke from a furnace. The whole mountain shuddered in huge spasms.
19 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
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The trumpet blasts grew louder and louder. Moses spoke and God answered in thunder.
20 The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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God descended to the peak of Mount Sinai. God called Moses up to the peak and Moses climbed up.
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