““Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.””
Exodus 20:19
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Connection with the smoke over Sodom
Smoke like a furnace covered Sinai when God came down to speak to His people, and here they ask Moses to speak to them instead. Genesis uses the same furnace smoke for the end of Sodom (Genesis 19:28).
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