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Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken.
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God's Pleased Approval
Commentators agree that God's approval of the people's words was significant. He was pleased with their request for a mediator because, as Albert Barnes notes, it demonstrated a proper sense of awe and an awareness of their own sinfulness in the face of His holy presence. The terror of Sinai had successfully produced humility.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses contain a much fuller narrative of the events briefly described in (Exodus 20:18–21). Here it is important to call attenti…
19th Century
Anglican
And the Lord heard the voice of your words ... — The divine comment on the words of the people is recorded only in Deuter…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord heard the voice of your word, when you spoke to me Not only in a general…
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