Deuteronomy 5:23

Easy To Read Version

“You heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was burning with fire. Then all the elders [32] and the other leaders of your family groups came to me.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:16

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!’

Deuteronomy 5:22

{Moses said,} “The Lord gave these commands to all of you when you were together there at the mountain. The Lord spoke with a loud voice that came from the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness. After he gave us these commands, he didn’t say any more. He wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 5:24

They said, ‘The Lord our God has shown us his Glory and his greatness! We heard him speak from the fire! We have seen today that it is possible for a person to continue living even after God speaks to him.

Deuteronomy 9:15

“Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two flat stones of the Agreement were in my hands.