“Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.”
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, we shall die' -- the fear that unmediated encounter with the divine will be fatal. The fire is experienced as consuming; continued direct speech seems lethal.
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