Exodus 19:25

So Moses went down to the people,.... As the Lord commanded him:

and spake unto them: charging them to keep their distance, and not presume to pass the line he had drawn, or the foss or fence he had…

Now, at length, comes that memorable day, that terrible day of the Lord, that day of judgment, in which Israel heard the voice of the Lord God speaking to them out of the midst of the fire, and lived,…

and said unto them The paraphrase -told" is illegitimate. The word always means to -say"; and is followed regularly by the words said. The narrative is here broken off in the middle. What originally…