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Psalms 68:17

The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

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ASV

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

KJV

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רֶ֤כֶבRe.khev[the] chariotry ofH7393 →
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
רִבֹּתַ֣יִםri.bo.Ta.yim[is] twice ten thousandH7239 →
אַלְפֵ֣י'al.Feithousands ofH505 →
שִׁנְאָ֑ןshin.'Anrepetition[s]H8136 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
בָ֝֗םVam[is] among them
סִינַ֥יsi.NaiSinaiH5514 →
בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ba.Ko.desh[is] in <the> holinessH6944 →

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2 Kings 6:17Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.Revelation 5:11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.Revelation 9:16And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.Isaiah 66:15For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.Habakkuk 3:8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?Matthew 26:53Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?Psalms 18:10He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.Ezekiel 1:15–28When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.2 Kings 6:16–17“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”Exodus 19:22–23Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”Zechariah 6:5And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.Galatians 4:25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.Exodus 14:7He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.Exodus 3:5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

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