Exodus 32:11
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
KJV
Moyses autem orabat Dominum Deum suum, dicens : Cur, Domine, irascitur furor tuus contra populum tuum, quem eduxisti de terra Ægypti, in fortitudine magna, et in manu robusta ?
Vulgate
καὶ ἐδεήθη Μωυσῆς ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Ἵνα τί, Κύριε, θυμοῖ ὀργῇ εἰς τὸν λαόν σου, οὓς ἐξήγαγες ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐν ἰσχύι μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐν τῷ βραχίονί σου τῷ ὑψηλῷ;
LXX
And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
ASV
וַ/יְחַ֣ל מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת פְּנֵ֖י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י/ו וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר לָ/מָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ יֶחֱרֶ֤ה אַפְּ/ךָ֙ בְּ/עַמֶּ֔/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הוֹצֵ֨אתָ֙ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּ/כֹ֥חַ גָּד֖וֹל וּ/בְ/יָ֥ד חֲזָקָֽה
Hebrew
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19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2577From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly after their apostasy that …
Moses served as the great high priest of Israel, mediating between the holy God and the sinful people. His intercessions after the golden calf and the rebellion of Korah demonstrate that the true priest must love both God and the people. Philo sees in Moses' priesthood a foreshadowing of the ideal mediator who bridges the infinite gap between the divine and human realms.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:51 — For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
- 1Pet 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
- Dan 9:15 — And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
- Deut 9:18 — And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the
- Deut 9:26 — I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a
- Deut 9:26 — I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a
- Exod 6:26 — These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
- Exod 8:12 — And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
- Exod 32:1 — And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for
- Exod 32:7 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
- Exod 32:10 — Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
- Ezek 36:20 — And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
- Jer 15:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
- Lam 2:20 — Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Luke 13:8 — And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
- Mal 1:9 — And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
- Neh 1:10 — Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
- Num 14:13 — And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
- Ps 106:23 — Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.