Hebrews 12:20

And so terrible was the sight,.... Of the smoke, fire, and lightnings; or of God himself, who descended on the mount; with which agrees the Arabic version, which renders the words, "and so terrible…

For they could not endure that which was commanded - They could not sustain the awe produced by the fact that God uttered his commands himself. The meaning is not that the commands themselves were…

Here the apostle goes on to engage the professing Hebrews to perseverance in their Christian course and conflict, and not to relapse again into Judaism. This he does by showing them how much the state…

they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast … Rather, "they endured not the injunction, If even a beast …" (Exo 19:12-13). This injunction seemed to them to indicate an…