²⁵ But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer.^(A)

²⁷ Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says.^(A) Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”^(B)

¹⁹ Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions^(A) until the Seed^(B) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels^(C) and entrusted to a mediator.^(D)