¹³ So she called the Lord who spoke to her: The God Who Sees,^[a] for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen^(A) the One who sees me?”^[b]

¹⁰ and they saw^(A) the God of Israel. Beneath His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire^[a] stone, as clear as the sky itself.^{(B) 11} God did not harm^[b] the Israelite nobles; they saw^(C) Him, and they ate and drank.

²⁰ But He answered, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see^(A) Me and live.”

So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

²² When Gideon realized that He was the Angel of the Lord, he said, “Oh no, Lord God!^(A) I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face!”^(B)

²² “We’re going to die,” he said to his wife, “because we have seen God!”^(A)