10 Interesting Facts About The Old Testament

5. The 10 Commandments were Spoken by the Mouth of God from Mount Sinai

The Book of Exodus reveals that when the children of Israel had escaped Egypt they journeyed to Mount Sinai where God appeared to them. God told Moses that the people were to prepare themselves to meet their God, and his voice was going to sound like a mighty trumpet blast. When the time came they saw a spectacular display of miracles on top of the mountain. There were great earthquakes, flashes of lightning, pillars of smoke, a furnace of fire, a cloud, and thick darkness. Suddenly the voice of God like a trumpet sounded, it got louder and louder till they thought they were going to die. God suddenly spoke his 10 "Words" or commandments from the midst of the fire. This so terrified them that they did not want to come near the mountain but requested that Moses go up on their behalf. When Moses went up the LORD inscribed the 10 commandments on two stone tablets. Later in the Bible Moses reminded Israel of the dreadful time that they met God and heard his voice:

Deuteronomy 4:36 - Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire.

Deuteronomy 5:4 - The LORD spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the middle of the fire,

Image of the Sinai Mountains

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