Deu 9:11-14 | KingComments | STEP | Moses reminds the people how he was on the mountain with the LORD and received from His hand the law of the covenant.

‏ Deuteronomy 9:11-14

Receiving the Law by Moses

Moses reminds the people how he was on the mountain with the LORD and received from His hand the law of the covenant.

The LORD Wanted to Destroy Israel

While Moses is on the mountain with the LORD, the LORD sees how the people have made a golden calf (Exo 32:1-5). He talks about how they were “quick” to deviate. That is man.

He says to Moses that they are a stubborn people and asks Moses permission, as it were, to destroy them. His proposal then is to make Moses a great people. Here we see how the people deserved the judgment. This should make them all the more grateful that they are now about to enter the land that God has given them as a gift. They deserve to be destroyed rather than blessed with a gift.