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Exodus 20:21

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And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.	And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God [was].	And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the people^H5971 stood^H5975 afar off^H7350, and Moses^H4872 drew near^H5066 unto the thick darkness^H6205 where God^H430 was.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם מֵרָחֹק וּמֹשֶׁה נִגַּשׁ אֶל־הָעֲרָפֶל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הָאֱלֹהִים׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּעֲמֹ֥ד	va/i.ya.'a.Mod	H5975	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it stood
הָ/עָ֖ם	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people
מֵ/רָחֹ֑ק	me./ra.Chok	H7350	HR/Aamsa	from/ a distance
וּ/מֹשֶׁה֙	u./mo.Sheh	H4872	HC/Np	and/ Moses
נִגַּ֣שׁ	ni.Gash	H5066	HVNp3ms	he drew near
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הָֽ/עֲרָפֶ֔ל	ha./'a.ra.Fel	H6205	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ thick darkness
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	where
שָׁ֖ם	sham	H8033	HD	(was) there
הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים	ha./'E.lo.Him	H430	HTd/Ncmpa	(the)/ God

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H4872 — מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, mo-sheh'): from מָשָׁה; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.
• H5066 — נָגַשׁ (nâgash, naw-gash'): a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back; (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.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H5975 — עָמַד (ʻâmad, aw-mad'): a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); 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, [phrase] 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.
• H6205 — עֲרָפֶל (ʻărâphel, ar-aw-fel'): probably from עָרַף; gloom (as of a lowering sky); (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
• H7350 — רָחוֹק (râchôwq, raw-khoke'): or רָחֹק; from רָחַק; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition); (a-) far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

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