And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.
Ver. 18. They removed, &c., ] viz., From the hill foot, where they stood and trembled. Deu 4:11 They feared and fled. Man is ζωον φιλοζωον, a a creature that would fain live.
a Aristot.