8810. Verses 16-19 And so it was on the third day, when it came to be morning, that there were voices ¹ and lightnings, and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the voice of a trumpet extremely loud; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses caused the people to go out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the foot ² of the mountain. And Mount Sinai was smoking, the whole of it, because Jehovah came down onto it in fire; and its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain began to tremble greatly. And the voice of the trumpet grew louder and louder; ³ Moses spoke and God answered him by a voice.

'And so it was on the third day' means at the end of purification. 'When it came to be morning' means a state when they were governed by good. 'That there were voices and lightnings' means a Divine state in which revelation took place. 'And a heavy cloud on the mountain' means the Divine state in relation to those about to receive. 'And the voice of a trumpet extremely loud' means a celestial state which was round about. 'And all the people who were in the camp trembled' means a holy quivering by those about to receive. 'And Moses caused the people to go out of the camp to meet God' means the power of the truth from God to make them ready to receive the Divine in the good they had. 'And they stood at the foot of the mountain' means a long way off from the good of celestial love. 'And Mount Sinai was smoking, the whole of it' means the appearance of celestial good in the greatest obscurity. 'Because Jehovah came down onto it in fire' means since the Divine was there in celestial love. 'And its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace' means obscurity like the obscurity resulting from evil desires. 'And the whole mountain began to tremble greatly' means heaven, shaking violently. 'And the voice of the trumpet grew louder and louder' means revelation in its general aspects, which comes through the angelic heaven. 'Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice' means through the influx of the truth from God, having the Divine Himself within it.

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