¹³ So she named the Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are El-roi,’^[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 lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.^{(B) 11} God did not harm^[a] the Israelite nobles; they saw^(C) him, and they ate and drank.

²⁰ But he added, ‘You cannot see my face, for humans cannot see^(A) me and live.’

So why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? ’

²² When Gideon realised 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 certainly going to die,’ he said to his wife, ‘because we have seen God! ’^(A)