Then they saidto Moses,"Speakto us yourselfand we will listen;but let not Godspeakto us, orwe will die."
He said,"I heardthe soundof You in the garden,and I was afraidbecauseI was naked;so I hidmyself."
So Jacobnamedthe placePeniel,for [he said], "I have seenGodfaceto face,yet my lifehas been preserved."
But He said,"You cannotseeMy face,for nomancan seeMe and live!"
"Thisis the one who was in the congregationin the wildernesstogetherwith the angelwho was speakingto him on MountSinai,and [who was] with our fathers;and he receivedlivingoraclesto passon to you.
Whythe Lawthen?It was addedbecauseof transgressions,having been ordainedthroughangelsby the agencyof a mediator,untilthe seedwould cometo whomthe promise had been made.
"This is according to allthat you askedof the LORDyour Godin Horebon the dayof the assembly,saying,'Let me not hearagainthe voiceof the LORDmy God,let me not seethisgreatfireanymore,orI will die.'
[while] I was standingbetweenthe LORDand you at that time,to declareto you the wordof the LORD;for you were afraidbecauseof the fireand did not goup the mountain.He said,
and to the blastof a trumpetand the soundof wordswhich[sound was such that] thosewho heardbeggedthat nofurtherwordbe spokento them.