Exodus 20:19

and said to Moses, Speak you to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

In Context

18And all the people perceived the + 20:18 Or, saw the lightening, Lit. saw the voice. thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,

20And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that you⌃ sin not.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.

Deuteronomy 5:5And I stood between the Lord and you at that time to report to you the words of the Lord, (because you⌃ were afraid before the fire, and you⌃ went not up to the mountain) saying,

Deuteronomy 18:16according to all things which you did desire of the Lord your God in Choreb in the day of the assembly, saying, We will not again hear the voice of the Lord your God, and we will not any more see this great fire, and so we shall not die.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:19-22

Terror with Which the Law Was Given. ( b. c. 1491.) 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and… Read the whole commentary →

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