¹⁷ And ^(A)Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. ¹⁸ Now ^(B)Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon ^(C)it in fire. ^(D)Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and ^[a]the ^(E)whole mountain quaked greatly. ¹⁹ And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, ^(F)Moses spoke, and ^(G)God answered him by voice.

The Law of the Altar

²² Then the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘You have seen that I have talked with you ^(A)from heaven.

God’s Revelation to Elijah

¹¹ Then He said, “Go out, and stand ^(A)on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord ^(B)passed by, and ^(C)a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; ¹² and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire ^[a]a still small voice.

¹³ So it was, when Elijah heard it, that ^(D)he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. ^(E)Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

^14 (F)And he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”

¹⁵ Then the Lord said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; ^(G)and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. ¹⁶ Also you shall anoint ^(H)Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And ^(I)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. ^17 (J)It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will ^(K)kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, ^(L)Elisha will kill. ^18 (M)Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, ^(N)and every mouth that has not kissed him.”