16 You were asking for a prophet the day you were gathered at Mount Sinai[e] and said to the Lord, “Please don’t let us hear your voice or see this terrible fire again?if we do, we will die!”
17 Then the Lord told me:
Moses, they have said the right thing.
18 So when I want to speak to them, I will choose one of them to be a prophet like you. I will give my message to that prophet, who will tell the people exactly what I have said.
19 Since the message comes from me, anyone who doesn’t obey the message will have to answer to me.
