¹⁶ On the morning of the ^(A)third day there were ^(B)thunders and lightnings and ^(C)a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud ^(D)trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp ^(E)trembled. ¹⁷ Then ^(F)Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. ¹⁸ Now ^(G)Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and ^(H)the whole mountain trembled greatly.

⁵ The Lord ^(A)descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and ^(B)proclaimed the name of the Lord. ⁶ The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ^(C)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and ^(D)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast ^(E)love and faithfulness, ^7 (F)keeping steadfast love for thousands,^{[a] (G)}forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but ^(H)who will by no means clear the guilty, ^(I)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.” ⁸ And Moses quickly ^(J)bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.