20. because they could not bear the order which said, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”
21. The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling and afraid!”
22. Instead, you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, with its thousands of angels.
23. You have come to the joyful gathering of God's firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people made perfect.