Exodus 32:30-35
Summary for Exod 32:30-35: 32:30-35 a This further intercession for the people may have been needed because of Moses’ new recognition of how serious the sin really was.32:32 b As if underlining his earlier refusal of God’s invitation to become a great nation at the people’s expense, Moses here rather piously asked God to destroy him, too, if he chose not to forgive the people.
32:33 c God dismissed Moses’ request. He would bring judgment only on those who had sinned in the incident.
32:34 d the place I told you about: Canaan, which God had promised to give to Abraham’s descendants (see 3:17 e; 32:13 f; 33:1 g).
• when I come to call the people to account: Because of God’s mercy, judgment may not always come immediately (though in this instance God soon sent a plague, 32:35 h), but it will come for those who persist in sin (see Matt 13:24-30 i).
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