Exodus 20:19

Modern English Version

They said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:10

He said, “I heard Your voice in the garden and was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

Genesis 32:30

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.”

Exodus 33:20

He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live.”

Acts 7:38

This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

Galatians 3:19

What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom the promise was made. And it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Deuteronomy 18:16

This is according to all that you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, so that I do not die.”

Deuteronomy 5:5

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 would not go up to the mountain. He said:

Hebrews 12:19

and to the sound of a trumpet and to a voice speaking words, such that those who heard them begged that the word not be spoken to them anymore.