Deuteronomy 5:23
Good News Translation
"When the whole mountain was on fire and you heard the voice from the darkness, your leaders and the chiefs of your tribes came to me

New Revised Standard Version
When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders;

Contemporary English Version
When fire blazed from the mountain, and you heard the voice coming from the darkness, your tribal leaders came to me

New American Bible
But when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, you came near to me, all your tribal heads and elders,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But you, after you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and saw the mountain burn, came to me, all the princes of the tribes and the elders, and you said:

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But you, after you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and saw the mountain burn, came to me, all the princes of the tribes and the elders, and you said:

Exodus 20:18,19 And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off, . . .

Hebrews 12:18-21 For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched and a burning fire and a whirlwind and darkness and storm, . . .

Context
Moses Intercedes for the People
22These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me. 23But you, after you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and saw the mountain burn, came to me, all the princes of the tribes and the elders, and you said:24Behold the Lord our God hath shewn us his majesty and his greatness, we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire, and have proved this day that God speaking with man, man hath lived.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:19
Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and we will hear: let not the Lord speak to us, lest we die.

Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me.

Deuteronomy 5:24
Behold the Lord our God hath shewn us his majesty and his greatness, we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire, and have proved this day that God speaking with man, man hath lived.

Deuteronomy 18:16
As thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and saidst: Let me not hear any more the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see any more this exceeding great fire, lest I die.

Deuteronomy 5:22
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