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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he won’t acquit the guilty. He recalls the iniquity of fathers to the third and fourth generation.’[a]

19 “Forgive, please, the iniquity of this people, according to your great, faithful love, in the same way that you’ve carried this people from Egypt to this place.”

God Responds to Moses

20 The Lord responded, “I’ve forgiven them based on what you’ve said.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:18 The Heb. lacks generation