²¹And ^bso terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I ^cexceedingly fear and quake:) ²²But ye are come unto ^dmount Sion, and unto ^ethe city of ^fthe living God, ^gthe heavenly Jerusalem, and ^hto an ⁱinnumerable company of angels, ²³To the general assembly and ^jchurch of ^kthe firstborn, ^lwhich are ^||written in heaven, and to ^mGod the Judge of all, and to ⁿthe spirits of just men ^omade perfect, ²⁴And to Jesus ^pthe mediator of the new ^||^qcovenant, and to ^rthe blood of sprinkling, that speaketh ^sbetter things than ^tthat of Abel.

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Footnotes

bComp. Ex. 19:16. Comp. Rom. 8:15.
cSo 1 Macc. 13:2 (Gk.).
ech. 11:10, 16. & 13:14. So Eph. 2:19. Phil. 3:20.
fSee Ps. 42:2.
gSee Gal. 4:26.
h 2 Esdr. 6:3. So 2 Esdr. 13:3. See 1 Kin. 22:19.
i Jude 14. Rev. 5:11 in the Gk.
jch. 2:12. See Acts 7:38.
k Ex. 4:22. See 2 Esdr. 6:58.
l Luke 10:20. See Ex. 32:32.
||Or, enrolled. Luke 2:1 marg.
m Gen. 18:25. See Ps. 58:11.
oSee ch. 5:9.
pSee ch. 8:6.
||Or, testament. See Gal. 3:15.
qSee Rom. 9:4.
r 1 Pet. 1:2. So ch. 10:22. Comp. Ex. 24:8.
sSee ch. 7:19.
t Gen. 4:10. ch. 11:4.

Cross references

d 2 Esdr. 2:42. Rev. 14:1.
n Song 64.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.” But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The appearance was so terrifying that Moses said, I am trembling with fear. Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels, a festive gathering, to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

NLTNew Living Translation

Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said, “I am terrified and trembling.”

No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering. You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect. You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the spectacle was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.” But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels, to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than Abel’s does.