³³ Has any other people heard the voice of God^[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?^(A)

¹² Then the Lord spoke^(A) to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form;^(B) there was only a voice.^(C)

²⁴ And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us^(A) his glory and his majesty,^(B) and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.^(C)

²⁶ For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?^(A)

⁶ Then he said, “I am the God of your father,^[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”^(A) At this, Moses hid^(B) his face, because he was afraid to look at God.^(C)

²¹ and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see^(A) the Lord and many of them perish.^(B)

³⁰ So Jacob called the place Peniel,^[a] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,^(A) and yet my life was spared.”

¹¹ But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw^(A) God, and they ate and drank.^(B)

²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see^(A) me and live.”