You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.
He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.
After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.
He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.
Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.
The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything – only a voice was heard.
Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.