Exodus 20:18-20

Modern English Version

¹⁸ All the people witnessed the thunder and the lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance. ¹⁹ They said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

²⁰ Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you so that you do not sin.”