18 那时雷电交加,号角嘹亮,山上冒烟,百姓看见此情景,都吓得浑身颤抖,不敢挨近。 19 他们对摩西说:“求你跟我们说话,我们必听从。不要让上帝直接跟我们说话,恐怕我们会丧命!” 20 摩西对百姓说:“不用害怕,上帝降临是要试验你们,好让你们时时敬畏祂,不致犯罪。”

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The People’s Reaction

18 All 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.(A) 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.”(B)

20 Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear him and will not[c] sin.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:18 Lit saw
  2. 20:18 Sam, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read smoke. The people (or they) were afraid,
  3. 20:20 Lit that the fear of him may be in you, and you do not