⁷ So Moses went back and summoned the elders^(A) of the people and set before them all the words the Lord had commanded him to speak.^{(B) 8} The people all responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has said.”^(C) So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord.

⁹ The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud,^(D) so that the people will hear me speaking^(E) with you and will always put their trust^(F) in you.” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.