Deuteronomy 4:12 KJV — MannaFest

Deuteronomy 4:12

And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

KJV

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ASV

And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice.

WEB

And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

YLT

`And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;

DBT

And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.

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Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.

Author: Moses — the sermons on the plains of Moab; ch. 34 (his death) traditionally attributed to Joshua
Date: The final weeks of Moses' life on the plains of Moab, c. 15th–13th century BC

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23 verses on the floor

John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Deuteronomy 4:15
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Deuteronomy 5:4
The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Psalms 147:19
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude--Although articulate sounds were heard emanating from the mount, no form or representation of the Divine Being who spoke was seen to indicate His nature or properties according to the notions of the heathen.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H854410× in canon H784378× in canon

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DEU 4:12DEU 5:4 DEU 4:36
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
DEU 4:12DEU 5:4 EXO 19:18-19
DEU 4:12DEU 5:22 EXO 24:12
DEU 4:12DEU 5:22 EXO 31:18
DEU 4:12DEU 5:4 DEU 34:10
DEU 4:12DEU 4:15 2CO 4:4-6
DEU 4:12DEU 4:15 ISA 40:18
DEU 4:12DEU 5:4 EXO 19:9

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