³⁸ This is the one who was in ^(A)the ^[a]assembly in the wilderness together with ^(B)the angel who spoke to him at length on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received ^(C)living ^(D)words to pass on to you.

⁵³ you who received the Law as ^(A)ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it.”

^19 (A)Why the Law then? It was added on account of the ^[a]violations, having been ^(B)ordered through angels ^(C)at the hand of a ^[b]mediator, until ^(D)the Seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

² For if the word ^(A)spoken through ^(B)angels proved ^[a]unalterable, and ^(C)every violation and act of disobedience received a just ^[b](D)punishment,