Exodus 20:19-22 And they said to Moses, Speak thou to us: and let not God speak to us lest we die.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ 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. ²² And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob and announce to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.