Exodus 20:18-19 ▼

18 Now all the people witnessed the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the smoking mountain; and as they looked, the people were afraid, and they trembled [and moved backward] and stood at a [safe] distance.

19 Then they said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us or we will die.”