Exodus 20:1

1. God spake The Creator of man and the world, who has all authority in heaven and earth, is the fountain of law . Many Jewish and Christian expositors affirm that the Sinaitic proclamation of the decalogue was, literally, by the voice of God; that is, “that words were formed in the air by the power of God, and not by the intervention and ministry of angels.” (Keil.) This is thought to be the necessary meaning of Deuteronomy 5:4: “Jehovah talked with you face to face out of the midst of the fire.” On the other hand, in Deuteronomy 33:2, Moses speaks of Jehovah’s coming from Sinai, “with ten thousands of saints,” or out of myriads of his holiness. Comp. Psalms 68:17. In Acts 7:0, Stephen speaks of the law as received “by the disposition of angels,” and in Galatians 3:19, Paul employs nearly the same expression . In Hebrews 2:2, the law is called “the word spoken by angels . ” Hence, while it is matter of record that Jehovah spake and Israel heard “the voice out of the midst of the darkness,” (Deuteronomy 5:22-23,) it does not necessarily follow that “the voice of words” (Hebrews 12:19) was produced without the ministry of angels . The Israelites “saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,” but the whole record shows that the Sinaitic proclamation of the decalogue was accompanied by miraculous and supernatural displays of the divine majesty . The ministry of angels is affirmed the word was “spoken by angels;” but the manner of producing the voice is an unrevealed secret .