9 And the Lord said to Moses, Ex. 33:3, 5; 34:9; Deut. 9:6; 2 Chr. 30:8; Is. 48:4; (Acts 7:51)"I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people! 10 Now therefore, Deut. 9:14, 19let Me alone, that Ex. 22:24My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And Num. 14:12I will make of you a great nation."
11 Deut. 9:18, 26–29Then Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, and said: "Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Num. 14:13–19; Deut. 9:28; Josh. 7:9Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and Ex. 32:14relent from this harm to Your people.