³ Then Moses went up to God,^(A) and the Lord called^(B) to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel:

¹⁷ Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.^{(A) 18} Mount Sinai was covered with smoke,^(B) because the Lord descended on it in fire.^(C) The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,^(D) and the whole mountain^[a] trembled^(E) violently.