Exodus 32:10

Translations

Modern

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Traditional

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

Literal

And now, leave Me alone, and My anger may burn hot against them, and I may consume them. And I will make you into a great nation.”

Latin

…dimitte me, ut irascatur furor meus contra eos, et deleam eos, faciamque te in gentem magnam.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Notes

Exodus 32:10

Now leave me alone: This sounded like a command, but it was actually an invitation. God was giving Moses an opportunity to pray for the people. Moses was to stand before God as an intercessor (a person who speaks to God on behalf of others).
The people deserved to be destroyed because of their sin. However, God was willing to spare them if Moses continued to pray for them.
I will make you into a great nation: God told Moses that he could begin again with him alone. God could abandon the other descendants of Abraham and build a new nation from the children of Moses.
This was likely a test. It showed whether Moses understood God’s character and his promises.

Exodus 32:9–10

God was apparently ready to reject his people. They had broken their covenant (their binding agreement) with him.

Exodus 32:1–35

Moses had been gone for many days. While waiting at the bottom of Mount Sinai, the people wanted protection, guidance, and a way to show their worship. God understood this and wanted to help them (see chapters 25–31). But the Israelites tried to meet their needs on their own. Fellowship with God requires relying on him (see John 15:5; 2 Corinthians 3:5).

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Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
Numbers 14:12
I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
Deuteronomy 9:19
For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
Exodus 22:24
My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
Numbers 16:45–48
“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
Numbers 14:19–20
Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
Exodus 32:19
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
Exodus 32:11
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
Jeremiah 14:11
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
Genesis 18:32–33
Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”

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