Deuteronomy 5:4
The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
What it says
He recalls that the LORD spoke with them face to face from the fire on the mountain.
What it is doing
It underscores the immediacy and weight of God's own speech.
In context
1Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: 2Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully. The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today. 4The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.