⁴ The Lord spoke with you ^(A)face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire,

¹⁰ And there has not ^(A)arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, ^(B)whom the Lord knew face to face,

^33 (A)Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live?

^36 (A)Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and ^(B)you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.

¹¹ Thus ^(A)the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his ^(B)assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

²⁴ And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and ^(A)greatness, and ^(B)we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire. This day we have seen God speak with man, and man ^(C)still live. ²⁵ Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. ^(D)If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die. ^26 (E)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?

⁸ With him I speak ^(A)mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in ^(B)riddles, and he beholds ^(C)the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

¹⁸ Now when all the people saw ^(A)the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid^[a] and trembled, and they stood far off ¹⁹ and said to Moses, ^(B)“You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” ^20 (C)Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to ^(D)test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” ²¹ The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the ^(E)thick darkness where God was.

Laws About Altars

²² And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have ^(F)talked with you from heaven.

¹⁸ Now ^(A)Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and ^(B)the whole mountain trembled greatly. ¹⁹ And as the ^(C)sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and ^(D)God answered him in thunder.