19 Then they said to Moses, (A)“You speak with us, and we will hear; but (B)let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

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19 and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak(A) to us or we will die.”(B)

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16 according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb (A)in the day of the assembly, saying, (B)‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’

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16 For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.”(A)

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Purpose of the Law

19 What purpose then does the law serve? (A)It was added because of transgressions, till the (B)Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was (C)appointed through angels by the hand (D)of a mediator.

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19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions(A) until the Seed(B) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels(C) and entrusted to a mediator.(D)

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20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for (A)no man shall see Me, and live.”

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20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see(A) me and live.”

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38 (A)“This is he who was in the [a]congregation in the wilderness with (B)the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, (C)the one who received the living (D)oracles[b] to give to us,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:38 Gr. ekklesia, assembly or church
  2. Acts 7:38 sayings

38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel(A) who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors;(B) and he received living words(C) to pass on to us.(D)

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The People Afraid of God’s Presence(A)

23 (B)“So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. 24 And you said: ‘Surely the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and (C)we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he (D)still lives. 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 anymore, then we shall die. 26 (F)For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 You go near and hear all that the Lord our God may say, and (G)tell us all that the Lord our God says to you, and we will hear and do it.

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23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders(A) came to me. 24 And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us(B) his glory and his majesty,(C) and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.(D) 25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer.(E) 26 For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?(F) 27 Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says.(G) Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”(H)

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(A)I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for (B)you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. He said:

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(At that time I stood between(A) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid(B) of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

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30 So Jacob called the name of the place [a]Peniel: “For (A)I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:30 Lit. Face of God

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[a] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(A) and yet my life was spared.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.

19 and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it (A)begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.

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19 to a trumpet blast(A) or to such a voice speaking words(B) that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,(C)

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