(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the LORD: for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mount;) saying,
He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the brass serpent that Moses had made: for until those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.
And their nobles shall be from themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this who pledged his heart to approach me? says the LORD.
What then is the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
For Christ has not entered into the sanctuary made with hands, which is a representation of the true one; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: