Another thing and it shook and trembled. You find it at the time when Moses went up to the high place and stayed there, and the Israelites did that act. Five angels of destruction were coupled with him, and Moses began praying for Israel until he turned away his anger from them, as it is written (Exodus 32:15): "And Moses turned and went down." Rabbi Yitzhak said, "Moses did not move from there until he turned all of Israel's faces from their angry expressions," as it is written in the Book of Psalms (18:8): "Then the earth shook and trembled."
Smoke rose from his nose. When did he turn heavenward and come down? One verse says (Deuteronomy 4:36), "From the heavens, He let you hear His voice to discipline you," while another verse says (Exodus 20:19), "For God has come in order to exalt you, and in order that His awe shall be upon your faces, so that you shall not sin." And a third verse reconciles them, "He let you hear His voice from heaven," (Deuteronomy 4:36) - when was it from heaven?...