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You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

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And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

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For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them

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And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

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But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

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To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

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And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.

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See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

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Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

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And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.

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If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

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For our God is an all-burning fire.