Exodus 20:19

New Century Version

Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:10

The man answered, “I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named that place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved.”

Exodus 33:20

But you cannot see my face, because no one can see me and live.

Acts 7:38

This is the Moses who was with the gathering of the Israelites in the desert. He was with the angel that spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and he was with our ancestors. He received commands from God that give life, and he gave those commands to us.

Galatians 3:19

So what was the law for? It was given to show that the wrong things people do are against God’s will. And it continued until the special descendant, who had been promised, came. The law was given through angels who used Moses for a mediator to give the law to people.

Deuteronomy 18:16

This is what you asked the Lord your God to do when you were gathered at Mount Sinai. You said, “Don’t make us listen to the voice of the Lord our God again, and don’t make us look at this terrible fire anymore, or we will die.”

Deuteronomy 5:5

(At that time I stood between you and the Lord in order to tell you what the Lord said; you were afraid of the fire, so you would not go up on the mountain.) The Lord said:

Hebrews 12:19

You have not come to the noise of a trumpet or to the sound of a voice like the one the people of Israel heard and begged not to hear another word.