The Lord Comes to Mount Sinai

^16 (A)(B) On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud covered the mountain, a loud trumpet blast was heard, and everyone in camp trembled with fear. ¹⁷ Moses led them out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

¹⁸ Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had come down in a flaming fire. Smoke poured out of the mountain just like a furnace, and the whole mountain shook.

^18 (A) You have not come to a place like Mount Sinai^[a] that can be seen and touched. There is no flaming fire or dark cloud or storm

¹⁹ or trumpet sound. The people of Israel heard a voice speak. But they begged it to stop,