23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness,(for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 23-33)Here, I. Moses reminds them of the agreement of both the parties that were now treating, in the mediation of Moses. 1. Here is the consternation that the people were put into by that extreme terror with which the law was given. They owned that they could not bear it any more: “ This great fire will consume us ; this dreadful voice will be fatal to us; we shall certainly die if we hear it any more,...
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