JMNT(i)
18 Now you see, you folks have not approached to (or: come toward so as to be now arrived at)
something tangible (or: [D and later MSS read: a mountain] being habitually handled or normally touched),
and something burning (or: having been burned by fire),
and to a thick, dark storm-cloud, and to murky, gloomy darkness (or: the realm of nether gloom; the dark, shadowy quarter of dimness and obscurity),
and to a whirlwind (tempest; hurricane),
19 and to a blare of a trumpet, and to a sound of gush-effects (or: a sound of the results of a flow; or: a voice of spoken words; a sound of declarations) –
of which those hearing [
it]
asked to the side that there be no word added for them (or: of which, the folks listening refused and begged for release, to [the result that] no message be put toward them).
20 For they were not bearing (or: = carrying [through with])
that [
which was]
being presently distinguished (set and arranged throughout as strict orders):
"And if a little animal may touch (come in contact with)
the mountain it shall be repeatedly pelted with stones (or: stoned).
" [
Ex. 19:12-13]