Deuteronomy 18:16 References
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"This is aaccording to all that you asked of the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.'
a Exodus 20:18, Exodus 20:19, Deuteronomy 5:23-27
Exodus 20
18
aAll the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.
Exodus 20
19
aThen they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."
Deuteronomy 5
23
"And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.
24
"You said, 'Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives.
25
'aNow then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will die.
26
'For awho is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
27
'Go near and hear all that the Lord our God says; then speak to us all that the Lord our God speaks to you, and we will hear and do it.'