Then he said, “Your sound—I heard it in the garden and I was afraid. Because I am naked, I hid myself.”
Exodus 20:19 - Tree of Life Version So they said to Moses, “You, speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, or we will die.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they said to Moses, You speak to us and we will listen, but let not God speak to us, lest we die. American Standard Version (1901) And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die. Common English Bible They said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we’ll listen. But don’t let God speak to us, or we’ll die.” Catholic Public Domain Version saying to Moses: "Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and we will hear. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest we die. |
Then he said, “Your sound—I heard it in the garden and I was afraid. Because I am naked, I hid myself.”
Then Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me Your name.” But He said, “What’s this—you are asking My name?” Then He blessed him there.
But He also said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live.”
“This is the one who was in the community in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living words to pass on to us.
Then why the Torah? It was added because of wrongdoings until the Seed would come—to whom the promise had been made. It was arranged through angels by the hand of an intermediary.
This is just what you asked of Adonai your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly when saying, ‘I cannot continue to hear the voice of Adonai my God or see this great fire any more, or I will die.’
(I was standing between Adonai and you at that time, to tell you the word of Adonai, because you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) ‘He said:
and to the blast of a shofar and a voice whose words made those who heard it beg that not another word be spoken to them.