and said, 'The LORD our God showed us his greatness and his glory when we heard him speak from the fire! Today we have seen that it is possible for people to continue to live, even though God has spoken to them.

Has any human being ever lived after hearing the living God speak from a fire?

Have any people ever lived after hearing a god speak to them from a fire, as you have?

He let you hear his voice from heaven so that he could instruct you; and here on earth he let you see his holy fire, and he spoke to you from it.

There has never been a prophet in Israel like Moses; the LORD spoke with him face-to-face.

The LORD said to Moses, "I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will believe you from now on." Moses told the LORD what the people had answered,

All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD had come down on it in fire. The smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and all the people trembled violently.

The sound of the trumpet became louder and louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with thunder.

When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off.

Moses replied, "Don't be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you keep on obeying him, so that you will not sin."

The LORD commanded Moses to tell the Israelites: "You have seen how I, the LORD, have spoken to you from heaven.

The LORD would speak with Moses face-to-face, just as someone speaks with a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp. But the young man who was his helper, Joshua son of Nun, stayed in the Tent.

So I speak to him face-to-face, clearly and not in riddles; he has even seen my form! How dare you speak against my servant Moses?"