Deuteronomy 5:25
But we could still die, couldn't we? This enormous fire is going to burn us up, and we'll die if the Lord our God continues to speak to us.
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26Has anybody else ever heard the living God speak from the fire and survived, as we have?
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Deuteronomy 18:17Then the Lord told me, “They are right in what they're saying.
2 Corinthians 3:7However, the old way of relating to God, written in letters carved in stone, ended in death, even though it came with God's glory—so much so that the Israelites couldn't even bear to look at Moses' face because it shone so brightly, even though the glory was fading.
Galatians 3:21So does the law work against God's promises? Of course not! For if there was a law that could give life, then we could be made right by keeping it.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:24-33
23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath showed 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 doth talk with man, and he liveth. 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our… Read the whole commentary →