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aFor the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?"
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Exodus 32:12, Deuteronomy 9:28
Exodus 32
12
"Why should athe Egyptians speak, saying, 'With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people.
Deuteronomy 9
28
'Otherwise the land from which You brought us may say, "aBecause the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which He had promised them and because He hated them He has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness."