Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
trumpet—to rouse attention, and herald God's approach (Exodus 19:16).
entreated that the word should not be spoken—literally, "that speech should not be added to them"; not that they refused to hear the word of God, but they wished that God should not Himself speak, but employ Moses as His mediating spokesman. "The voice of words" was the Decalogue, spoken by God Himself, a voice issuing forth, without any form being seen: after which "He added no more" (Deuteronomy 5:22).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 12:19:
Song of Solomon 2:11
1 Corinthians 15:52
Galatians 3:20
Galatians 5:11
Hebrews 12:24
Hebrews 12:25
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