The promulgation of the law in mount sinai, as in exodus 20:1,2,18-21: "and god spake all these words, saying, i am the lord thy god, which have brought thee out of the land of egypt, out of the house of bondage. . . And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto moses, speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not god speak with us, lest we die. And moses said unto the people, fear not: for god is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. And the people stood afar off, and moses drew near unto the thick darkness where god was. "; illustration from the 1728 figures de la bible; illustrated by gerard hoet (1648–1733) and others, and published by p. De hondt in the hague; image courtesy bizzell bible collection, university of oklahoma libraries. Date: 1728.
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