31 At this the people believed.+ When they heard that Jehovah had turned his attention+ to the sons of Israel and that he had seen their affliction,+ then they bowed down and prostrated themselves.+

9 At this Jehovah said to Moses: “Look! I am coming to you in a dark cloud,+ in order that the people may hear when I speak with you,+ and that in you also they may put faith to time indefinite.”+ Then Moses reported the words of the people to Jehovah.