Exodus 20:19

New International Reader's Version

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:10

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

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named the place Peniel. He said, “I saw God face to face. But I’m still alive!”

Exodus 33:20

But you can’t see my face,” he said. “No one can see me and stay alive.”

Acts 7:38

Moses was with the Israelites in the desert. He was with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai. Moses was with our people of long ago. He received living words to pass on to us.

Galatians 3:19

Then why was the law given at all? It was added because of human sin. And it was supposed to control us until the promised Seed had come. The law was given through angels, and a go-between was put in charge of it.

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 5:5

At that time I stood between the Lord and you. I announced to you the Lord’s message. I did it because you were afraid of the fire. You didn’t go up the mountain. The Lord said,

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.