Holy Scripture
Exodus 20:19
A church father on this verse
“But notice how it happened there and how it happened here. There, the people stood a long way off; there was an atmosphere of dread, not of love. I mean, they were so terrified that they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself, and do not let the Lord speak to us, lest we die." So God came down, as it is written, on Sina…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.
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17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.
18And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,
— Exodus 20:19 —
20And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.
21And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.