JETS 28:4 (December 1985) p. 429 you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him. Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you; and on earth he let you see his great fire … and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire (Deut 4:34–36 RSV). Their visual experience was to accompany and elaborate God’s word to them. There is a line that extends from Abraham’s experience in Genesis 18, through Moses’ encounter on Sinai, the cloud and fire in the wilderness,