² Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush.^(A) As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed.

¹¹ You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a dense, black cloud.

¹² Then the Lord spoke to you from the fire. You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice.^(A)

Worshiping the True God

¹⁵ “For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—

³³ Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived?

³⁶ He let you hear His voice from heaven to instruct you.^(A) He showed you His great fire on earth, and you heard His words from the fire.^(B)