11 But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, saying, "Why are you angry with the people you brought out of the land of Egypt with tremendous power and great strength? 12 Why should the Egyptians be able to say, ‘He brought them out with the evil purpose of killing them in the mountains, wiping them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger. Please change your mind over the threat against your people. 13 Remember you swore a promise your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,* telling them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and give you all the land I promised to them, and they shall own it forever.’"

14 The Lord changed his mind over the disaster he threatened to cause his people.