Exodus 20:18-21 And all the people looked towards the thunder and the lightnings and the sound of the trumpet and the mount which was smoking; and all the people being struck with terror stood at a distance.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ And all the people looked towards the thunder and the lightnings and the sound of the trumpet and the mount which was smoking; and all the people being struck with terror stood at a distance. ¹⁹ And they said to Moses, Speak thou to us: and let not God speak to us lest we die. ²⁰ Whereupon Moses said to them, Take courage; for God is come to you to prove you, that the dread of him may be in you, that you may not sin. ²¹ Then the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the thick darkness, where God was.