Exodus 20:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Ye have seen, i.e. heard, as Exodus 20:18. He may use the word seen here, to intimate that this was all they could see of God, to wit, his voice and speech, and that they saw no image of him, as is expressed in a parallel place, and therefore should make no resemblances of him, as it here follows. From heaven, i.e. from the lower heaven, to wit, the air, or the clouds, which were over the top of mount Sinai, Deuteronomy 4:36 Nehemiah 9:13; and so the word heaven is oft understood, as Genesis 1:20 Job 35:11 Psalms 79:2. And so this place may be reconciled with Hebrews 12:25, where this is said to be spoken upon earth.

Exodus 20:22

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.