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Frightened households recoil, then stand farther from the smoking mountain.
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Exodus 20:18

The People Stand Far Off

The words of the covenant · Exodus 20

Story guide: Thunder, fire, trumpet and smoke make the people tremble and move to stand at a distance.

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18All the people were seeing the thunder and the flashes of fire, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.

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