'Face to Face' in the Bible
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered,
Thus Yahweh used to speak unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend, - and when he returned unto the camp, his attendant Joshua son of Nun, a young man, moved not from the midst of the tent.
Face to face, spake Yahweh with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
And there arose not a prophet any more in Israel, like unto Moses, - whom Yahweh acknowledged, face to face;
Then saw Gideon that, the messenger of Yahweh, it was, - so Gideon said - Alas, My Lord Yahweh! forasmuch as I have seen the messenger of Yahweh, face to face!
And I will bring you into the desert of the peoples, - and will contend with you there, I face to face.