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Exodus 32:9-14
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Exodus 32:9-14
New Living Translation
9 Then the Lord said, “I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are. 10 Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.”
11 But Moses tried to pacify the Lord his God. “O Lord!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand? 12 Why let the Egyptians say, ‘Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people! 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.[a] You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.’”
14 So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.
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- 32:13 Hebrew Israel. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.
Exodus 32:9-14
New International Version
Exodus 32:9-14
New International Version
9 “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked(A) people. 10 Now leave me alone(B) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(C) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(D)
11 But Moses sought the favor(E) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(F) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?(G) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(H) on your people. 13 Remember(I) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(J) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(K) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(L) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented(M) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
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