²² These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness;^(A) and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets^(B) and gave them to me.

¹⁸ When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai,^(A) he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone^(B) inscribed by the finger of God.^(C)

¹² The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone^(A) with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

⁴ The Lord spoke^(A) to you face to face^(B) out of the fire^(C) on the mountain.

³⁶ From heaven he made you hear his voice^(A) to discipline^(B) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.

¹² Then the Lord spoke^(A) to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form;^(B) there was only a voice.^{(C) 13} He declared to you his covenant,^(D) the Ten Commandments,^(E) which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. ¹⁴ And the Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws^(F) you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

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¹⁵ You saw no form^(G) of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb^(H) out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,^(I)

¹⁸ Mount Sinai was covered with smoke,^(A) because the Lord descended on it in fire.^(B) The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,^(C) and the whole mountain^[a] trembled^(D) violently. ¹⁹ As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice^(E) of God answered^(F) him.^[b]