"So I turnedand camedownfrom the mountainwhile the mountainwas burningwith fire,and the twotabletsof the covenantwere in my twohands.
Now MountSinai[was] allin smokebecausethe LORDdescendedupon it in fire;and its smokeascendedlike the smokeof a furnace,and the wholemountainquakedviolently.
Mosesstretchedout his stafftowardthe sky,and the LORDsentthunderand hail,and firerandown to the earth.And the LORDrainedhailon the landof Egypt.
"You camenearand stoodat the footof the mountain,and the mountainburnedwith fireto the [very] heartof the heavens:darkness,cloudand thickgloom.
"And when you heardthe voicefrom the midstof the darkness,while the mountainwas burningwith fire,you camenearto me, allthe headsof your tribesand your elders.
"And I sawthat you had indeedsinnedagainst the LORDyour God.You had madefor yourselves a moltencalf;you had turnedasidequicklyfrom the waywhichthe LORDhad commandedyou.
For you have not cometo [a mountain] that can be touchedand to a blazingfire,and to darknessand gloomand whirlwind,