And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
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Gill's Exposition
And Moses besought the Lord his God,.... As the Lord was the God of Moses, his covenant God, and he had an interest in him, he made use of it in favour of the people of Israel:
and said, why doth…
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be made manifest whether he loved his own glory better than he loved the brethren who…
Here, I. God acquaints Moses with what was doing in the camp while he was absent, Exo 32:7, Exo 32:8. He could have told him sooner, as soon as the first step was taken towards it, and have hastened…
Cambridge Bible
besought properly, as Arabic seems to shew, - made sweetthe face of," fig. for, entreated, sought to conciliate: a frequent idiom, e.g. 1Sa 13:12, 1Ki 13:6; Jer 26:19; with a human object, Psa 45:12;…
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