Deuteronomy 9:26
I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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Gill's Exposition
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say,.... The land of Egypt, the inhabitants of it:
because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them; the land of Canaan,…
That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a miracle of mercy it was that they had not long ere this been destroyed…
And I prayed, etc.] details his intercession. Cp. Exo 32:11-13, JE, but probably editorial. Here the deuteronomic additions are which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness(greatnessin Pl. passages…
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