according to all that you desired of Jehovah your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, that I not die.

This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living Words to give to us,

But He said, You are not able to see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.

And Jacob called the name of the place Penuel: For I have seen God face to face, and my soul is delivered.