^18 (A)And all the people perceived the ^[a]thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and the people perceived it, and they shook and stood at a distance. ^19 (B)Then they said to Moses, “Speak ^[b]to us yourself, and we will listen; but let not God speak ^[c]to us, lest we die.”

¹⁶ This is ^(A)according to all that you asked of Yahweh your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God; let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’