Exodus 20:19-22
20:19 They said to Moses, “You speak
to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”
20:20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you,
that the fear of him
may be before you so that you do not
sin.”
20:21 The people kept
their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness
where God was.
The Altar
20:22 The Lord said to Moses: “Thus you will tell the Israelites: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken with you from heaven.