Deuteronomy 5:25

New International Reader's Version

But why should we die? This great fire will burn us up. We’ll die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God again.

Cross References

Genesis 3:10

“I heard you in the garden,” the man answered. “I was afraid, because I was naked. So I hid.”

Exodus 20:18

The people saw the thunder and lightning. They heard the trumpet. They saw the mountain covered with smoke. They trembled with fear and stayed a long way off.

Exodus 20:19

They said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself. Then we’ll listen. But don’t let God speak to us. If he does, we’ll die.”

Galatians 3:10

All who depend on obeying the law are under a curse. It is written, “May everyone who doesn’t continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law be under God’s curse.” (Deuteronomy 27:26)

Deuteronomy 18:16

At Mount Horeb you asked the Lord your God for a prophet. You asked him on the day you gathered together. You said, “We don’t want to hear the voice of the Lord our God. We don’t want to see this great fire anymore. If we do, we’ll die.”

Deuteronomy 18:17

The Lord said to me, “What they are saying is good.

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said, “The Lord came from Mount Sinai. Like the rising sun, he shone on his people from Mount Seir. He shone on them from Mount Paran. He came with large numbers of angels. He came from his mountain slopes in the south.

Deuteronomy 5:24

You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his glory and majesty. We have heard his voice coming out of the fire. Today we have seen that a person can still stay alive even if God speaks with them.

Hebrews 12:19

You haven’t come to a blast from God’s trumpet. You haven’t come to a voice speaking to you. When people heard that voice long ago, they begged it not to say anything more to them.

Hebrews 12:29

Our “God is like a fire that burns everything up.” (Deuteronomy 4:24)