Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Bible References

Speak thou

Deuteronomy 18:16
[This is] {according to all that you asked} from Yahweh your God at Horeb, on the day of the assembly, {saying}, '{I do not want again to hear} the voice of Yahweh my God, [and] I do not want to see again this great fire, so that I may not die!'
Acts 7:38
This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and who [with] our fathers received living oracles to give to us,

Let not

Exodus 33:20
But he said, "You are not able to see my face, because human will not see me and live."
Genesis 32:30
Then Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [which means] "I have seen God face to face and my life was spared."

General references

Exodus 19:8
And all the people together answered and said, "All that Yahweh has spoken we will do." And Moses brought back the words of the people to Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 4:33
Has a people [ever] heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, [just] as you heard [it], and lived?
Deuteronomy 5:4
{Face to face} Yahweh spoke with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire.