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FROM THIS WEEK'S TORAH PORTION:
"And it came to be, on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain. And the voice of a shophar was very strong, and all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moshe brought the people out of the camp to meet with Elohim, and they stood at the foot of the mountain."
It is interesting to note that the Hebrew word in this passage, translated into English as "at the foot of," is "tachat." Normally, this word is translated as "under," or "underneath." Some scholars suppose that this encounter between YHWH and His people was something of a 'shotgun wedding,' and that YHWH was holding the mountain over the people's heads as He awaited their answer to His proposal of marriage. That answer was then quite predictable:
"And Moshe came and called for the elders of the people and set before them all these words which YHWH commanded him. And all the people answered together and said, ‘All that YHWH has spoken we shall do.’"😲