²⁶ ‘^(A)Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

⁷ But if the ^(A)ministry of death, ^(B)in letters engraved on stones, came ^[a]with glory, ^(C)so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was,

Contrast of Sinai and Zion

^18 (A)For you have not come to ^(B)a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, ¹⁹ and to the ^(C)blast of a trumpet and the ^(D)sound of words which sound was such that those who heard ^(E)begged that no further word be spoken to them. ²⁰ For they could not bear the command, “^(F)If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.” ²¹ And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “^(G)I am full of fear and trembling.”