Exodus 20:19

19 and said to Moses, xYou speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.

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Deuteronomy 5:25
Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, we shall die.

Deuteronomy 5:27
Go near and hear all that the LORD our God will say, and speak to us all that the LORD our God will speak to you, and we will hear and do it.’

Deuteronomy 18:16
just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’

Galatians 3:19–20
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.

Hebrews 12:19
and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.


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