Gen 18:23-33, Exo 32:10-14, 31-32, 34:9, Num 14:13-20, Deu 9:19-20 | ESV | STEP | Then Abraham drew near and said , Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked ?

23 Then Abraham drew near and said, ^a“Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, ^bso that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! ^cShall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” 26 And the Lord said, ^d“If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

27 Abraham answered and said, ^e“Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” 29 Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” 30 Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” 31 He said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” 32 Then he said, ^f“Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.” 33 And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

Exodus 32:10-14

10 Now therefore ^glet me alone, that ^hmy wrath may burn hot against them and ⁱI may consume them, in order that ^jI may make a great nation of you.”

11 But ^kMoses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 ^lWhy should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and ^mrelent from this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you ⁿswore by your own self, and said to them, ^o‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’” 14 And the Lord ^prelented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

Exodus 32:31-32

31 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, ^qthis people has sinned a great sin. They have ^rmade for themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, if ^syou will forgive their sin—but if not, please ^tblot me out of ^uyour book that you have written.”

Exodus 34:9

9 And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please ^vlet the Lord go in the midst of us, for ^wit is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for ^xyour inheritance.”

Numbers 14:13-20

Moses Intercedes for the People

13 But ^yMoses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your might from among them, 14 and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. ^zThey have heard that you, O Lord, are in the midst of this people. For you, O Lord, are seen face to face, and ^aayour cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard your fame will say, 16 ‘It is because the Lord ^abwas not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’ 17 And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying, 18 ^ac‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, ^advisiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’ 19 Please ^aepardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just ^afas you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”

God Promises Judgment

20 Then the Lord said, “I have pardoned, ^agaccording to your word.

Deuteronomy 9:19-20

19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. ^ahBut the Lord listened to me that time also. 20 And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.