And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
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Interpretation
This law, which is so extensive that we cannot measure it, so spiritual that we cannot evade it, and so reasonable that we cannot find fault with it, will be the rule of the future judgment of God, as it is for the present conduct of man. If tried by this rule, we shall find our lives have been passed in transgressions.
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This thought runs through Exodus 20:18-21.