¹⁸ You have not come to ·a mountain [^Lsomething] that can be touched and that is burning with fire [^Ca description of Mount Sinai when Israel received the Law; Ex. 19:18; Deut. 4:11]. You have not come to darkness, gloom, and ·storms [a whirlwind]. ¹⁹ You have not come to the noise of a trumpet [Ex. 19:16, 19] or to the sound of ·a voice [^Lwords] like the one the people of Israel heard and begged not to hear another word [^Cfearing God’s wrath, Israel asked Moses to mediate God’s message; Ex. 20:19; Deut. 5:5; 18:16]. ²⁰ [^L For] They ·did not want to hear [could not bear/endure] the command: “If anything, even an animal, touches the mountain, it must be put to death with stones [Ex. 19:12–13].” ²¹ [Indeed,] What they saw was so ·terrible [terrifying] that Moses said, “I am ·shaking [trembling] with fear [Deut. 9:19].”