Keluaran 20:19

20:19 They said to Moses, “You speak ¹  to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

Ulangan 5:5

5:5 (I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message ²  of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:

[20:19]  ¹ tn The verb is a Piel imperative. In this context it has more of the sense of a request than a command. The independent personal pronoun “you” emphasizes the subject and forms the contrast with God’s speaking.

[5:5]  ² tn Or “word” (so KJV, NASB, NIV); NRSV “words.”