Exodus 20:19

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:10

The man replied, “I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”

Exodus 33:20

But he added, “You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.”

Acts 7:38

This is the man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you.

Galatians 3:19

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary.

Deuteronomy 18:16

This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the Lord your God: “Please do not make us hear the voice of the Lord our God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die.”

Deuteronomy 5:5

(I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:

Hebrews 12:19

and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.