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10 Now let me alone so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, and of you I will make a great nation.”(A)

11 But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?(B) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people.(C) 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”(D) 14 And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.(E)

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10 Now leave me alone(A) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(B) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(C)

11 But Moses sought the favor(D) 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?(E) 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’?(F) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(G) on your people. 13 Remember(H) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(I) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(J) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(K) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented(L) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

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