Deuteronomy 4:11

4:11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it ¹  and yet dark with a thick cloud. ² 

Deuteronomy 9:15

9:15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it ³  was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

Deuteronomy 32:50

32:50 You will die ⁴  on the mountain that you ascend and join your deceased ancestors, ⁵  just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor ⁶  and joined his deceased ancestors,

[4:11]  ¹ tn Heb “a mountain burning with fire as far as the heart of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[4:11]  ² tn Heb “darkness, cloud, and heavy cloud.”

[9:15]  ³ tn Heb “the mountain.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[32:50]  ⁵ tn In the Hebrew text the forms translated “you will die…and join” are imperatives, but the actions in view cannot really be commanded. The imperative is used here in a rhetorical, emphatic manner to indicate the certainty of Moses’ death on the mountain. On the rhetorical use of the imperative see IBHS 572 §34.4c.

[32:50]  ⁶ tn Heb “be gathered to your people.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

[32:50]  ⁷ sn Mount Hor. See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6.