The Lord said to Moses, ‘I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you and will always believe you.’ Moses reported the people’s words to the Lord,
Deuteronomy 5:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mount out of the midst of the fire. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire Common English Bible The LORD spoke with you face-to-face on the mountain from the very fire itself. Catholic Public Domain Version He spoke to us face to face on the mountain, from the midst of fire. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He spoke to us face to face in the mount out of the midst of fire. |
The Lord said to Moses, ‘I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you and will always believe you.’ Moses reported the people’s words to the Lord,
The Lord would speak with Moses face to face, just as a man speaks with his friend, then Moses would return to the camp. His assistant, the young man Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the inside of the tent.
I speak with him directly, openly, and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord. So why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? ’
They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among these people, how you, Lord, are seen face to face, how your cloud stands over them, and how you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
No prophet has arisen again in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.
Then the Lord spoke to you from the fire. You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice.
‘Diligently watch yourselves #– #because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb #– #
Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived?
He let you hear his voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you his great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the fire.
‘The Lord spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and total darkness on the mountain; he added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.