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)

¹⁹ As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice^(A) of God answered^(B) him.^[a]

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

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

²² “We are doomed^(A) to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen^(B) God!”

⁴ The Lord spoke^(A) to you face to face^(B) out of the fire^(C) on the mountain. ⁵ (At that time I stood between^(D) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid^(E) of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

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.”