¹⁶ just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb ^(A)on the day of the assembly, when you said, ^(B)‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’

¹⁹ and said to Moses, ^(A)“You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

¹⁰ And ^(A)the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire ^(B)on the day of the assembly.

²³ And ^(A)as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders. ²⁴ And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and ^(B)greatness, and ^(C)we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man ^(D)still live. ²⁵ Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. ^(E)If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die. ^26 (F)For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we have, and has still lived? ²⁷ Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say, and ^(G)speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you, and we will hear and do it.’

²⁸ “And the Lord heard your words, when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. ^(H)They are right in all that they have spoken.

¹⁹ and ^(A)the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words ^(B)made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.