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Heb_12:19. Καὶ σάλπιγγος ἤχῳ ] and to the sound of trumpet. Comp. Exo_19:16 : φωνὴ τῆς σάλπιγγος ἤχει μέγα . Ibid. Exo_12:19; Exo_20:18.
καὶ φωνῇ ῥημάτων ] and clang (piercing note) of words, which, namely, were spoken by God at the publication of the law, Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 5. Comp. Deu_4:12 : καὶ ἐλάλησε κύριος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐκ μέσον τοῦ πυρὸς φωνὴν ῥημάτων , ἣν ὑμεῖς ἠκούσατε .
ἧς οἱ ἀκούσαντεχ κ . τ . λ .] they that heard which begged to be spared (Heb_12:25; Act_25:11), that it should be further spoken to them (sc. on account of the terribleness of that already heard). Calvin: Caeterum quod dicit populum excusasse, non ita debet accipi, quasi populus renuerit audire Dei verba, sed deprecatus est, ne Deum ipsum loquentem audire cogeretur. Persona enim Mosis interposita horrorem nonnihil mitigabat. Comp. Deu_5:25 : καὶ νῦν μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν … ἐὰν προσθώμεθα ἡμεῖς ἀκοῦσαι τὴν φωνὴν κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἔτι ; Deu_18:16; Exo_20:18-19.
ἧς ] goes back to φωνῇ , and is dependent not on λόγον (Storr), but upon ἀκούσαντες .
μή ] after verbs of seeking to be excused, denying, warding off, etc., quite ordinarily. See Kühner, II. p. 410; Winer, Gramm., 7 Aufl. p. 561.
αὐτοῖς ] looks back to the Israelites ( οἱ ἀκούσαντες ), not to ῥημάτων .