Exodus 20:19 Cross References

Exodus 20:19

19: And they said to Moses, "You tell us what God says, and we will listen. But don't let God speak directly to us. If he does, we will die!"

For this is what you yourselves requested of the LORD your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai. You begged that you might never again have to listen to the voice of the LORD your God or see this blazing fire for fear you would die.

Well then, why was the law given? It was given to show people how guilty they are. But this system of law was to last only until the coming of the child to whom God's promise was made. And there is this further difference. God gave his laws to angels to give to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.

Moses was with the assembly of God's people in the wilderness. He was the mediator between the people of Israel and the angel who gave him life-giving words on Mount Sinai to pass on to us.

Jacob named the place Peniel--"face of God"--for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared."

I stood as an intermediary between you and the LORD, for you were afraid of the fire and did not climb the mountain. He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you. This is what he said:

But when you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders came to me.
They said, `The LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice from the heart of the fire. Today we have seen God speaking to humans, and yet we live!
But now, why should we die? If the LORD our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire.
Can any living thing hear the voice of the living God from the heart of the fire and yet survive?
You go and listen to what the LORD our God says. Then come and tell us everything he tells you, and we will listen and obey.'

For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice with a message so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.

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