^5:22The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said.³⁰ Then he inscribed the words³¹ on two stone tablets and gave them to me. ^5:23Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me. ^5:24You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory³² and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us³³ that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living. ^5:25But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die! ^5:26Who is there from the entire human race³⁴ who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived? ^5:27You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he³⁵ says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.”

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Footnotes

30 Heb “and he added no more” (so , , ); “This was all he said at that time.”
31 Heb “them”; the referent (the words spoken by the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
32 Heb “his glory and his greatness.”
33 Heb “this day we have seen.”
34 Heb “who is there of all flesh.”
35 Heb “the Lord our God.” See note on “He” in .