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Exodus 20

Éx. 20:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
stood
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
afar off
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
, and Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
drew near
nagash (Hebrew #5066)
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; relig. to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Pronounce: naw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the thick darkness
`araphel (Hebrew #6205)
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
KJV usage: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
Pronounce: ar-aw-fel'
Origin: probably from 6201
where God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
was.

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Cross References

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the people.
Éx. 19:16‑17• 16Y aconteció al tercer día cuando vino la mañana, que vinieron truenos y relámpagos, y espesa nube sobre el monte, y sonido de bocina muy fuerte; y estremecióse todo el pueblo que estaba en el real.
 17Y Moisés sacó del real al pueblo á recibir á Dios; y pusiéronse á lo bajo del monte. (Éx. 19:16‑17)
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Dt. 5:5• 5(Yo estaba entonces entre Jehová y vosotros, para denunciaros la palabra de Jehová; porque vosotros tuvisteis temor del fuego, y no subisteis al monte;) diciendo: (Dt. 5:5)
thick.
1 R. 8:12• 12Entonces dijo Salomón: Jehová ha dicho que él habitaría en la oscuridad. (1 R. 8:12)
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2 Cr. 6:1• 1Entonces dijo Salomón: Jehová ha dicho que él habitaría en la oscuridad. (2 Cr. 6:1)
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Sal. 18:9,12• 9Y bajó los cielos, y descendió; Y oscuridad debajo de sus pies.
 12Por el resplandor delante de él, sus nubes pasaron; Granizo y carbones ardientes. (Sal. 18:9,12)
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Sal. 97:2• 2Nube y oscuridad alrededor de él: Justicia y juicio son el asiento de su trono. (Sal. 97:2)
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Sal. 104:2• 2El que se cubre de luz como de vestidura, Que extiende los cielos como una cortina; (Sal. 104:2)
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1 Ti. 6:16• 16Quien sólo tiene inmortalidad, que habita en luz inaccesible; á quien ninguno de los hombres ha visto ni puede ver: al cual sea la honra y el imperio sempiterno. Amén. (1 Ti. 6:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.