(A)Then the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, they are [a](B)an obstinate people. 10 So now (C)leave Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and (D)I will make of you a great nation.”

Moses’ Plea

11 Then (E)Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 32:9 Or a stiff-necked

“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)

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