Exodus 20:20-22

Modern English Version

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.”

²¹ The people stood a distance away as Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

The Law About the Altar

²² Then the Lord said to Moses: Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, “You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.