Exodus 20:18–26

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Exodus 20:18–26 is a biblical passage in the Book of Exodus that recounts the Israelites’ fearful reaction to God’s revelation at Sinai and introduces initial laws about proper worship and altar construction.

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Label Occurrences
Exodus 20:18–26 canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible passage ⓘ
Old Testament passage ⓘ
Torah passage ⓘ
associatedWith Sinai covenant ⓘ
linked to: Mosaic covenant

theophany at Mount Sinai ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Christianity ⓘ
canonical in Judaism ⓘ
containsCommand Do not expose your nakedness on the altar ⓘ
Do not fear, for God has come to test you ⓘ
Do not go up by steps to the altar ⓘ
Do not make gods of gold ⓘ
Do not make gods of silver ⓘ
If you make an altar of stone, do not build it of hewn stones ⓘ
Make an altar of earth ⓘ
depicts fear of the Israelites ⓘ
people standing far off ⓘ
describes Israelites’ reaction to the Sinai theophany ⓘ
follows Exodus 20:1–17 ⓘ
includesCharacter Moses ⓘ
YHWH ⓘ
the Israelites ⓘ
linked to: Israelites
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
literaryForm legal instruction ⓘ
narrative ⓘ
locatedIn Covenant code context ⓘ
Sinai narrative ⓘ
mentions lightning ⓘ
smoking mountain ⓘ
sound of the trumpet ⓘ
thunder ⓘ
partOf Book of Exodus ⓘ
Christian Old Testament ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
precedes Exodus 21 ⓘ
purpose to instill fear of God to prevent sinning ⓘ
recordsSpeechOf Moses ⓘ
YHWH ⓘ
regulates approach to the altar ⓘ
construction of altars ⓘ
use of uncut stones in altars ⓘ
worship of YHWH alone ⓘ
setsUp transition from Decalogue to Book of the Covenant ⓘ
theme altar construction ⓘ
fear of God ⓘ
mediated revelation ⓘ
prohibition of idolatry ⓘ
proper worship ⓘ

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Exodus 20:1–17 → precedes → Exodus 20:18–26 ⓘ