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All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
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Verse 18. Saw. The Hebrews often substitute one organ of sense for another. Saint Augustine 9. 72. Jeremiah 2:30.—The Samaritan reads, “the people heard the thunders, and the sound of the trumpet, and beheld the lightning.” Henceforward till Calmet. 24. Moses and Aaron alone heard the voice of God; and the laws delivered. Calmet. 25 to 31 were revealed to Moses only.
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