Deuteronomy 9:28
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
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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…