Deuteronomy 5:22

These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 5:4 confirms God spoke face to face from the fire, reinforcing the direct divine origin of the commandments summarized in 5:22.

Deuteronomy 4:36 reiterates that God spoke from heaven in fire—providing parallel language for the same event of giving the law.

Deuteronomy 4:13 explicitly states God declared the Ten Commandments and wrote them on two stone tablets — a direct summary of this event.

Deuteronomy 4:12-15 describes the same theophany with fire and voice, adding the warning against making idols since no form was seen.

Deuteronomy 10:4 reiterates that God wrote the Ten Commandments on the two tablets, directly echoing the writing mentioned here.

Deuteronomy 33:2 poetically recalls the Sinai theophany with fire and holy ones, a distant echo of the event described here.

Exodus 19:19 describes the same Sinai theophany with God answering Moses with a voice, matching the loud voice and thunder here.

Exodus 31:18 records God giving Moses the two tablets of testimony written with His finger, exactly the tablets mentioned here.

Exodus 24:12 has God summoning Moses to receive the stone tablets with the law, the same tablets that are written here.

Exodus 19:18 describes the fire and smoke on Sinai—the original account of the theophany that Deuteronomy 5:22 summarizes.

Exodus 32:15 shows Moses descending with the two tablets in his hand, the same tablets that were written by God as stated here.

Exodus 20:1 Parallel

Exodus 20:1 is the original proclamation: 'God spoke all these words' — the very words that Deuteronomy 5:22 recaps as spoken aloud.

In 1 Kings 8:12, Solomon recalls the thick darkness of Sinai, affirming that God dwells in mystery.

In Nehemiah 9:13, this Sinai event is recounted as God descending and giving right rules and true laws.

Psalm 18:9 Parallel

In Psalm 18:9, the same thick darkness under God's feet describes his descent in a theophany.

In Matthew 17:5, the Transfiguration mirrors Sinai: a bright cloud and voice from heaven prefiguring Christ's glory.

In 2 Corinthians 3:7, Paul references the law carved on stone tablets, contrasting its fading glory with the Spirit's ministry.

In Galatians 3:19, Paul notes the law was mediated through angels—a tradition associated with the Sinai giving.

In Hebrews 12:18, the Sinai scene of fire, darkness, and tempest is contrasted with the joyful assembly of the new covenant.

Job 38:1 Parallel

In Job 38:1, God speaks from a whirlwind—a different storm theophany but similar divine speech mode.

Nahum 1:3 Parallel

In Nahum 1:3, God's way is in whirlwind and storm—echoing the storm imagery of God's presence at Sinai.

Judges 5:5 Allusion

Judges 5:5, in Deborah's song, references the quaking of Sinai before the LORD — a poetic remembrance of the same theophany.