| Henry Howarth - 1837 - 228 sivua
...abide the terrors of the Lord; "they removed, and stood afar off." And in the greatness of their fear " they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will...hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die." The prayer, in itself, exhibits, as we have observed, nothing more than the feelings natural to so... | |
| rev. w. thistlethwaite - 1837 - 964 sivua
...Sinai in terrors which appalled their hearts. Then, as we read in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, " They said unto Moses, speak thou with us, and we will...hear, but let not God speak with us lest we die." God accepted them in this thing, and constituted Moses to go between him and them, and he gave them... | |
| Havis A. Crawford - 2004 - 112 sivua
...and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. Exodus 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and...hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. Exodus 20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear... | |
| Joseph E. Guretzki - 2004 - 406 sivua
...the people into asking for a mediator, the Aaronic priesthood, to interface with their dreadful God: "And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and...hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die." (Exodus 20: 19) First the poor souls under Moses' control were thoroughly frightened. They were to... | |
| Earl Roy Miner, William Moeck, Steven Edward Jablonski - 2004 - 520 sivua
...3.16-22. [S] See 10.175-81 n. [EM] 235-38 But the voice of God . . . And terror cease. Exodus 20.19, "And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and...hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die." [K] fThe awesome announcement of the law led the Israelites to appeal to Moses. See 227-30 n. [EM]... | |
| Lolu Wright - 2004 - 266 sivua
...smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. Then they said to Moses, you speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us lest we die."(Ex: 2:18-19) "And so much was the sight that Moses said; I am exceedingly afraid and trembling."(Hb:... | |
| Harold E. Helms - 2004 - 402 sivua
...words" was terrifying to their ears, the speech so awesome that the people said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die" (Ex. 20:19). Terror-stricken at the sovereign display of God's majesty, they realized that He was unapproachable.... | |
| Tommy Tenney - 2005 - 321 sivua
...intended for all the Israelites to come close to Him on the mountain, but they were uncomfortable. And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings,...hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before... | |
| Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2005 - 354 sivua
...manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's. And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings,...hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before... | |
| Aaron B. Wildavsky - 2005 - 332 sivua
...actions on the mountain to have the intended effect. Learning the intended lesson, the people back off, "And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us,...hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die" (Exod. 20:19). It would be hard to claim that the people voluntarily give up a claim on God; they are... | |
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