The People Stood Afar Off — Exodus 20:18–21

      
    And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
EX 20:18

      And they said unto Moses,
Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
EX 20:19

      And Moses said unto the people,
Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.
EX 20:20

    And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
EX 20:21
— 107 —Exodus 20:18–21ASV