Deuteronomy 18:16

Easy To Read Version

God will send you this prophet because that is what you asked him to do. When you were gathered together at Mount Horeb (Sinai), {you were afraid of God’s voice and the great fire you saw on the mountain. So} you said, ‘Don’t let us hear the voice of the Lord our God again! Don’t let us see that great fire or we will die!’

Cross References

Exodus 20:18

During all this time, the people in the valley heard the thundering and saw the lightning on the mountain. They saw smoke rising from the mountain. The people were afraid, and they shook with fear. They stood away from the mountain and watched.

Exodus 20:19

Then the people said to Moses, “If you want to speak to us, then we will listen. But please don’t let God speak to us. If this happens, we will die.”

Jeremiah 1:9

Then the Lord reached out with his hand and touched my mouth. The Lord said to me,

Deuteronomy 1:6

“At Mount Horeb (Sinai) the Lord our God spoke to us. He said, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

Deuteronomy 10:4

And the Lord wrote on the stones the same words he had written before—the Ten Commandments he spoke to you from the fire, when you were gathered together at the mountain. Then the Lord gave the two flat stones to me.

Deuteronomy 9:10

The Lord gave me the flat stones. God wrote his commands on the stones with his finger. God wrote everything he said to you from the fire when you were gathered together at the mountain.

Hebrews 12:19

There is no sound of a trumpet or a voice speaking words \{like those people heard\}. When the people heard the voice, they begged to never hear another word.