Deuteronomy 4:12

4:12 Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything – only a voice was heard. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 1:34

Judgment at Kadesh Barnea

1:34 When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow: ² 

Deuteronomy 4:33

4:33 Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?

Deuteronomy 27:14

The Covenant Curses

27:14 “The Levites will call out to every Israelite ³  with a loud voice:

Deuteronomy 5:28

5:28 When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he ⁴  said to me, “I have heard what these people have said to you – they have spoken well.

Deuteronomy 5:25-26

5:25 But 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! 5:26 Who is there from the entire human race ⁵  who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived?

Deuteronomy 33:7

Blessing on Judah

33:7 And this is the blessing ⁶  to Judah. He said,

Listen, O Lord, to Judah’s voice,

and bring him to his people.

May his power be great,

and may you help him against his foes.

Deuteronomy 5:22

The Narrative of the Sinai Revelation and Israel’s Response

5:22 The 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. ⁷  Then he inscribed the words ⁸  on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 18:16

18:16 This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the Lord your God: “Please do not make us hear the voice of the Lord our ⁹  God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die.”

¹ tn The words “was heard” are supplied in the translation to avoid the impression that the voice was seen.

² tn Heb “and swore,” i.e., made an oath or vow.

³ tn Heb “Israelite man.”

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “He” in 5:3.

⁵ tn Heb “who is there of all flesh.”

⁶ tn The words “the blessing” are supplied in the translation for clarity and stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “and he added no more” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NLT “This was all he said at that time.”

⁸ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the words spoken by the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn The Hebrew text uses the collective singular in this verse: “my God…lest I die.”