And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking: and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off,
From heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might teach thee. And upon earth he shewed thee his exceeding great fire: and thou didst hear his words out of the midst of the fire,
I was the mediator and stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you his words. For you feared the fire, and went not up into the mountain. And he said:
As thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and saidst: Let me not hear any more the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see any more this exceeding great fire, lest I die.
But you, after you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and saw the mountain burn, came to me, all the princes of the tribes and the elders. And you said: