Exodus 32:11

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But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

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  • Deut 9:18-20 : 18 And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath. 19 For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer. 20 And the Lord, in his wrath, would have put Aaron to death: and I made prayer for Aaron at the same time.
  • Deut 9:26-29 : 26 And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand. 27 Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin: 28 Or it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land. 29 But still they are your people and your heritage, whom you took out by your great power and by your stretched-out arm.
  • Ps 74:1-2 : 1 <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care? 2 Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort? 2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
  • Num 11:11 : 11 And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?
  • Num 16:22 : 22 Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?

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  • Exod 32:12
    87%

    12Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

  • Exod 5:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

    23For from the time when I came to Pharaoh to put your words before him, he has done evil to this people, and you have given them no help.

  • Num 11:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

    11And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?

  • Num 14:13
    80%

    13And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Exod 32:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

    10Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.

  • Exod 17:2-4
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    79%

    2So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

    4And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

  • Num 27:15
    78%

    15Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Num 11:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

    2And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.

  • Deut 9:26
    77%

    26And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.

  • Exod 32:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?

    22And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.

  • Ps 106:23
    76%

    23And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

  • Num 14:11
    76%

    11And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

  • Exod 8:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29And Moses said, When I go out from you I will make prayer to the Lord that the cloud of flies may go away from Pharaoh and from his people and from his servants tomorrow: only let Pharaoh no longer by deceit keep back the people from making their offering to the Lord.

    30Then Moses went out from Pharaoh and made prayer to the Lord.

  • Exod 32:30-33
    4 verses
    75%

    30And on the day after, Moses said to the people, Great has been your sin: but I will go up to the Lord, and see if I may get forgiveness for your sin.

    31Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;

    32But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.

    33And the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has done evil against me will be taken out of my book.

  • Exod 3:11
    75%

    11And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

  • Num 25:10
    75%

    10And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 14:17
    75%

    17So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:

  • Exod 32:14
    75%

    14So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.

  • Exod 6:10
    75%

    10And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 16:15
    74%

    15Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.

  • Num 21:7
    74%

    7Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.

  • Exod 14:11
    74%

    11And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

  • Num 11:15
    74%

    15If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

  • Exod 33:12
    74%

    12And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.

  • Num 14:19
    74%

    19May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.

  • Exod 10:3
    74%

    3Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 11:8
    74%

    8And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.

  • Deut 9:20
    74%

    20And the Lord, in his wrath, would have put Aaron to death: and I made prayer for Aaron at the same time.

  • Exod 10:16
    73%

    16Then Pharaoh quickly sent for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have done evil against the Lord your God and against you.

  • Exod 32:7
    73%

    7And the Lord said to Moses, Go down quickly; for your people, whom you took out of the land of Egypt, are turned to evil ways;

  • Exod 11:3
    73%

    3And the Lord gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.

  • Num 14:41
    73%

    41And Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it?

  • Num 12:13
    73%

    13And Moses, crying to the Lord, said, Let my prayer come before you, O God, and make her well.

  • Exod 11:1
    73%

    1And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.

  • Deut 9:22
    73%

    22Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.

  • Num 32:10
    73%

    10And at that time the Lord was moved to wrath, and made an oath, saying,