Exodus 20:19

World English Bible (2000)

They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."

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  • Deut 18:16 : 16 This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, "Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die."
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."
  • Gal 3:19 : 19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
  • Heb 12:19 : 19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
  • Deut 5:5 : 5 (I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to show you the word of Yahweh: for you were afraid because of the fire, and didn't go up onto the mountain;) saying,
  • Deut 5:23-27 : 23 It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 and you said, "Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and he lives. 25 Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 Go near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say: and tell us all that Yahweh our God shall tell you; and we will hear it, and do it."
  • Acts 7:38 : 38 This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

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  • Exod 20:20-22
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    20Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."

    21The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

    22Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

  • Deut 5:24-27
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    24and you said, "Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and he lives.

    25Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, then we shall die.

    26For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

    27Go near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say: and tell us all that Yahweh our God shall tell you; and we will hear it, and do it."

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    18All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

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    16This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, "Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die."

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    12The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!

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    3The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

    4Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?

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    19the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

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    21and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."

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    21Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Exod 19:23-25
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    23Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"

    24Yahweh said to him, "Go down and you shall bring Aaron up with you, but don't let the priests and the people break through to come up to Yahweh, lest he break forth on them."

    25So Moses went down to the people, and told them.

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    8All the people answered together, and said, "All that Yahweh has spoken we will do." Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.

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    2Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."

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    17Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.

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    11They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?

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    19When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.

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    12You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, 'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.

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    2All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

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    20He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."

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