▁Mos es ▁and ▁A aron . ▁" A sc ending " ▁par alle ls ▁ ▁" And ▁Mos es ▁went ▁up ▁to ▁God ." ▁" And ▁desc ending " ▁par alle ls ▁ ▁" And ▁Mos es ▁went ▁down ▁from ▁the ▁mount ." ▁And ▁the ▁words ▁" and , ▁beh old , ▁the ▁Lord ▁stood ▁beside ▁him " ▁in ▁ ▁parallel ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁ ▁" And ▁the ▁Lord ▁came ▁down ▁upon ▁Mount ▁S ina i ." ▁ ▁Rab bi ▁Le vi ▁addressed ▁the ▁question ▁that ▁ ▁ra ises : ▁" Did ▁ever ▁a ▁people ▁hear ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁God ▁speaking ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁the ▁fire , ▁as ▁you ▁have ▁heard , ▁and ▁live ?" ▁( ▁in ▁turn , ▁refers ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁encounter ▁at ▁S ina i ▁reported ▁at ▁▁ ▁and ▁after .) ▁Rab bi ▁Le vi ▁taught ▁that ▁the ▁world ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁surv ive ▁hearing ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁God ' s ▁power , ▁but ▁instead , ▁as ▁ ▁says , ▁" The ▁voice ▁of ▁the ▁Lord ▁is ▁with ▁power ." ▁That ▁is , ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁God ▁came ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁each ▁individual ▁— ▁young , ▁old , ▁or ▁infant ▁— ▁to ▁receive ▁it . ▁ ▁Reading ▁the ▁words ▁" And ▁the ▁Lord ▁came ▁down ▁upon ▁mount ▁S ina i , ▁to ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁mount " ▁in ▁ ▁the ▁M ek h il ta ▁of ▁Rab bi ▁I sh ma el ▁supposed ▁that ▁one ▁might ▁think ▁that ▁God ▁actually