Exodus 20:17-19

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¹⁷Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.^(A)

The People’s Reaction

¹⁸All the people witnessed^[a] the thunder and lightning, the sound of the ram’s horn, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it^[b] they trembled and stood at a distance.^(B) ¹⁹“You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”^(C)

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Footnotes

20:18 Lit saw
20:18 Sam, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read smoke. The people (or they) were afraid,

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