25. But why should we risk death again? That terrible fire will destroy us. We are sure to die if we hear the Lord our God speak again.
26. Has any human being ever lived after hearing the living God speak from a fire?
27. Go back, Moses, and listen to everything that the Lord our God says. Then return and tell us what he said to you. We will listen and obey.’
28. “When the Lord heard this, he said to me, ‘I have heard what these people said, and they are right.
29. If only they would always feel like this! If only they would always honour me and obey all my commands, so that everything would go well with them and their descendants for ever.