Exodus 19:11

Hebrew Bible

9 The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. 10 The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes 11 and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death! 13 No hand will touch him—but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain.”

1 Enoch 1:4

Pseudepigrapha

2 And he took up his parable and said--Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, ⌈which⌉ the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come. 3 Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling, 4 And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai, ⌈And appear from His camp⌉ And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens. 5 And all shall be smitten with fear And the Watchers shall quake, And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth. 6 And the high mountains shall be shaken, And the high hills shall be made low, And shall melt like wax before the flame

 Notes and References

"... The mentioning of Sinai in 1:4 as the location of this theophany for judgment is facilitated by the similarities between Micah 1:3 and Exodus 19:11 - in both texts God 'comes down' on a mountain in a theophany. This, in its turn, is linked with Deuteronomy 33:2 which also deals with a theophany. So the continuation of 1 Enoch 1:4 is colored by this passage ..."

Hartman, Lars Asking for a Meaning: A Study of 1 Enoch 1-5 (p. 24) LiberLäromedel/Gleerup, 1979

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