21
"
aSeparate yourselves from among this congregation,
bthat I may consume them instantly."
b
Exodus 32:10, Exodus 32:12
Exodus 32
10
"Now then alet Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and bI will make of you a great nation."
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.
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