^16 (A)So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were ^[a]thunder and lightning flashes and a ^[b]thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

Yahweh Descends on Mount Sinai

^18 (A)Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because Yahweh descended upon it ^(B)in fire; and its smoke ascended like ^(C)the smoke of a furnace, and ^(D)the whole mountain trembled violently.

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 was such that those who heard ^(E)begged that no further word be spoken to them.