"And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'