So he said he would destroy them – had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
Numbers 14:13 - New International Version (Anglicised) Moses said to the Lord, ‘Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Moses said to the Lord, Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for You brought up this people in Your might from among them. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them; Common English Bible Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear, for with your power you brought these people up from among them. Catholic Public Domain Version And Moses said to the Lord: "But then the Egyptians, from whose midst you led out this people, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Moses said to the Lord: That the Egyptians, from the midst of whom thou hast brought forth this people, |
So he said he would destroy them – had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
Then the Lord said to me: ‘Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people. Send them away from my presence! Let them go!
But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites.
but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest the adversary misunderstand and say, “Our hand has triumphed; the Lord has not done all this.” ’
For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.