⚓WEB · Hebrews 12:18
What does Hebrews 12:18 mean?
"For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,"
— Hebrews 12:18 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”;
and so fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”
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