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They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don`t let God speak with us, lest we die."
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A Terrifying Encounter
The direct experience of God's voice was so overwhelming that the Israelites feared for their lives. Commentators explain this wasn't a lack of faith, but a natural reaction for sinful humanity before a perfectly holy God. They realized they could not endure direct contact and desperately needed someone to stand in the gap for them, asking Moses to be their intermediary.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare with Deuteronomy 5:22-31. Aaron (Exodus 19:24) on this occasion accompanied Moses in drawing near to the thick darkness.
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19th Century
Anglican
Speak thou with us. —Compare to Deuteronomy 5:24-27, where the words of the people are reported at greater length: Behold, the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they said to Moses Who was now come down from the mountain, and to whom the heads of the tribes and elders of the people c…
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