18 Now when all the people saw w the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid [1] and trembled, and they stood far off 19 and said to Moses, x “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20 y Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to z test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the a thick darkness where God was.
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