And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
And this is pictured for you in the writings of Moses. For the God of all came down in the likeness of fire on Mt. Sinai, and there was a cloud, and darkness, and gloom and the voice of the trumpet with a loud ringing sound, according to the Scripture. The notes of the trumpet were, it says, few at first, but afterwards they waxed longer and became louder and louder continually. What then was it which the shadow of the law signified to us by these things? Was it not this: that at first there were but few to publish the gospel tidings; but afterwards they became many? Homilies on the Gospel of Luke
Answered him, "in a speech "articulated and heard by all the people, as the Hebrew, Septuagint, Syriac, intimate. Many legislators have pretended that their laws came from heaven. But they had no witnesses. Moses does all openly. His laws are preceded, accompanied, and followed by prodigies.
