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Ramban on Deuteronomy 4:12/רמב"ן על דברים ד׳:י״ב

אוַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֲלֵיכֶם מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ, כְּבָר פֵּרַשְׁתִּי הַדָּבָר בִּמְקוֹמוֹ (שמות יט כ) שֶׁהֵם שָׁמְעוּ דִּבּוּר הַשֵּׁם הַגָּדוֹל יִתְבָּרַךְ מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ, שֶׁרָאוּ אִשּׁוֹ הַגְּדוֹלָה וְהִשִּׂיגוּהָ וְהֻגַּד לָהֶם בָּזֶה בְּרִיתוֹ בַּעֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, כִּי בְּכֻלָּן שָׁמְעוּ הַקּוֹל מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ, וּשְׁאָר הַמִּצְוֹת צִוָּה אוֹתִי בָּעֵת הַהִיא לְלַמֵּד אֶתְכֶם, כִּי כְּבָר אֲנִי נֶאֱמָן לְנָבִיא לַה' בַּמֶּה שֶׁרְאִיתֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר וְגַם בְּךָ יַאֲמִינוּ לְעוֹלָם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי (רמב"ן על דברים ד':ט'):

1AND THE ETERNAL SPOKE UNTO YOU OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE. I have already explained the matter in its place⁵⁹, 19:20, and 20:15. See Vol. II, pp. 282-284, and p. 325. that the people heard the speaking of the Great Name, blessed be He, out of the midst of the fire, as they saw His great fire⁶⁰ and they perceived it. With this [Revelation] His covenant was declared to them in the ten words [i.e., the Ten Commandments],⁶¹ (i.e., the Ten Commandments). for in all of them they heard the Voice out of the midst of the fire. And the rest of the commandments He commanded me at that time to teach you,⁶² because I was already established to be a prophet of the Eternal⁶³ by what you saw, just as He said, and they may also believe in thee forever,⁵⁶ as I have explained.