³ Then Moses went up to God,^(A) and the Lord called^(B) to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel:

²³ Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai,^(A) because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits^(B) around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

³ Many peoples^(A) will come and say,

¹⁸ We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.^(A)