²³ `And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders,

¹⁸ And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

¹⁹ and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

¹⁸ For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

¹⁹ and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard did entreat that a word might not be added to them,

²⁰ for they were not bearing that which is commanded, `And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'

²¹ and, (so terrible was the sight,) Moses said, `I am fearful exceedingly, and trembling.'