The People Afraid of God’s Presence

¹⁸ Now ^(A)all the people ^(B)witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain ^(C)smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. ¹⁹ Then they said to Moses, ^(D)“You speak with us, and we will hear; but ^(E)let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

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.’

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.