18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
19to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
20For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
21The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
23in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.