Psalm 106:19-23 Part 2 of 2

The people made a calf at Mount Sinai;

    they bowed down before an image made of gold.

They traded their glorious God

    for a statue of a grass-eating bull.

They forgot God, their savior,

    who had done such great things in Egypt--

such wonderful things in the land of Ham,

    such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.

So he declared he would destroy them.

    But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people.

    He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.

 

So he declared he would destroy them.

Deuteronomy 9:13-14  "The LORD said to me, 'I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are. Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.' "  

(see also Exodus 32:9-10, Numbers 14:11-12)

 

But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people. 

Exodus 32:11  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?"  

(see verses 7-13, also Numbers 14:13-16, Deuteronomy 9:25-28)

 

He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them. 

Numbers 14:17-19  "Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said, 'The LORD is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected--even children in the third and fourth generations.' In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."

(see all chapter 14, also all Exodus 32, Deuteronomy 9)

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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