Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
KJV
Hebrew original
מִן הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם הִשְׁמִֽיעֲ/ךָ֥ אֶת קֹל֖/וֹ לְ/יַסְּרֶ֑/ךָּ וְ/עַל הָ/אָ֗רֶץ הֶרְאֲ/ךָ֙ אֶת אִשּׁ֣/וֹ הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֔ה וּ/דְבָרָ֥י/ו שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ מִ/תּ֥וֹךְ הָ/אֵֽשׁ
Louis Segond 1910
Du ciel, il t'a fait entendre sa voix pour t'instruire; et, sur la terre, il t'a fait voir son grand feu, et tu as entendu ses paroles du milieu du feu.
KJV
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
patriarchs received the promise, and that the people sprung from them received the law; according to Dt. 4:36, 37 : "Ye did [Vulg.: 'Thou didst'] hear His words out of the midst of the fire, because He loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them." And if again it asked why…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)
fecit audire vocem suam, ut doceret te.., quia dilexit patres tuos, et elegit semen eorum post eos (Deut. IV, 32-37) . Item idem capite XXIII [Note: [Col. 1172D] Errat de num. V. infra.] : Populus sanctus es Domino Deo tuo. Te elegit Dominus Deus tuus, ut sis ei populus peculiari…
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