¹⁸ Mount Sinai was covered with smoke,^(A) because the Lord descended on it in fire.^(B) The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,^(C) and the whole mountain^[a] trembled^(D) violently.

¹² After the earthquake came a fire,^(A) but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.^(B)