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Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. <a href="/nlt/exodus/32.htm">New Living Translation</a> Why let the Egyptians say, ‘Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people! <a href="/esv/exodus/32.htm">English Standard Version</a> Why 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 relent from this disaster against your people. <a href="/bsb/exodus/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. <a href="/kjv/exodus/32.htm">King James Bible</a> Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/32.htm">New King James Version</a> Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this harm to Your people. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘With evil motives He brought them out, to kill them on the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and relent of doing harm to Your people. <a href="/nasb/exodus/32.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, &#8216With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth &#8216? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Thy burning anger and change Thy mind about doing harm to Thy people. <a href="/lsb/exodus/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and relent concerning doing harm to Your people. <a href="/amp/exodus/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil [intent] their God brought them out to kill them in the mountains and destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from Your burning anger and change Your mind about harming Your people. <a href="/csb/exodus/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and eliminate them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for your people. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians say, &#8216He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth? Turn from Your great anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for Your people. <a href="/asv/exodus/32.htm">American Standard Version</a> Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. <a href="/cev/exodus/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> If you do, the Egyptians will say that you brought your people out here into the mountains just to get rid of them. Please don't be angry with your people. Don't destroy them! <a href="/erv/exodus/32.htm">English Revised Version</a> Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. <a href="/gwt/exodus/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't let the Egyptians say, 'He was planning all along to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth. That's why he brought them out [of our land].' Don't be so angry. Reconsider your decision to bring this disaster on your people. <a href="/gnt/exodus/32.htm">Good News Translation</a> Why should the Egyptians be able to say that you led your people out of Egypt, planning to kill them in the mountains and destroy them completely? Stop being angry; change your mind and do not bring this disaster on your people. <a href="/isv/exodus/32.htm">International Standard Version</a> Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out with an evil intention to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your anger and change your mind about the calamity against your people. <a href="/msb/exodus/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians declare, ?He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth?? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. <a href="/net/exodus/32.htm">NET Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians say, 'For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people. <a href="/nheb/exodus/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people. <a href="/wbt/exodus/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Why should the Egyptians speak and say, For evil did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. <a href="/web/exodus/32.htm">World English Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘He brought them out for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?’ Turn from your fierce wrath, and turn away from this evil against your people. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Why do the Egyptians speak, saying, He brought them out in calamity to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? Turn back from the heat of Your anger, and relent from this calamity against Your people. <a href="/ylt/exodus/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> why do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? turn back from the heat of Thine anger, and repent of the evil against Thy people. <a href="/slt/exodus/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Lest the Egyptians shall speak, saying, With evil he brought them forth to kill them in the mountains, and to finish them from the face of the earth. Turn back from the heat of thy wrath, and repent concerning evil towards thy people.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> I beg you, let not the Egyptians say, ‘He cleverly led them away, so that he could put them to death in the mountains and destroy them from the earth.’ Let your anger be quieted and appeased concerning the wickedness of your people. <a href="/nabre/exodus/32.htm">New American Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent he brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning wrath; change your mind about punishing your people. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Why should the Egyptians say, It was for their injury he did bring them out to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth? Rest from thy fierce anger and be reconciled concerning the evil deed of thy people. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Moshe prayed before LORD JEHOVAH his God and said, “No LORD JEHOVAH! Your wrath will not prevail with your people whom you brought out from Egypt by your great power and by your high arm.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying: For evil did He bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people. <a href="/sep/exodus/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from thy wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of thy people, <a href="/parallel/exodus/32-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8324" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/32.htm">Moses Informed of Israel's Sin</a> …11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12<a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: lām·māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">Why</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">should the Egyptians declare,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4713.htm" title="4713: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- Inhab. of Eg. From Mitsrayim; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hō·w·ṣî·’ām (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">‘He brought them out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: bə·rā·‘āh (Prep-b:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">with evil intent,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: la·hă·rōḡ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">to kill</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: be·hā·rîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">in the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: ū·lə·ḵal·lō·ṯām (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf:: 3mp) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">and wipe them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the face</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">of the earth’?</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: ūḇ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">Turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: mê·ḥă·rō·wn (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">from Your fierce</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: wə·hin·nā·ḥêm (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">and relent</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from doing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">harm</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: lə·‘am·me·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">to Your people.</a> 13Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Numbers 14:13-19</a> But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. / And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. / If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, ... <a href="/deuteronomy/9-26.htm">Deuteronomy 9:26-29</a> And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin. / Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’ ... <a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a> So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them. <a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-33</a> Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ... <a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22</a> Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own. <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9-11</a> For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off. / See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. / For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another. <a href="/ezekiel/20-9.htm">Ezekiel 20:9</a> But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/ezekiel/20-14.htm">Ezekiel 20:14</a> But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. <a href="/ezekiel/20-22.htm">Ezekiel 20:22</a> But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. <a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Nehemiah 9:31</a> But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God. <a href="/2_kings/19-19.htm">2 Kings 19:19</a> And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.” <a href="/2_chronicles/20-6.htm">2 Chronicles 20:6-12</a> and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You. / Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend? / They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying, ... <a href="/romans/11-2.htm">Romans 11:2-4</a> God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: / “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? / And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” <a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a> Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. <a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a> For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.should<a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Numbers 14:13-16</a> And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) … <a href="/deuteronomy/9-28.htm">Deuteronomy 9:28</a> 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.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-26.htm">Deuteronomy 32:26,27</a> I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: … turn from<a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Deuteronomy 13:17</a> And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;<a href="/joshua/7-26.htm">Joshua 7:26</a> And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.<a href="/ezra/10-14.htm">Ezra 10:14</a> Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.repent<a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Exodus 32:14</a> And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.<a href="/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6</a> And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-36.htm">Deuteronomy 32:36</a> For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Change</a> <a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/exodus/31-17.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/exodus/32-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/49-7.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/exodus/21-23.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Intent</a> <a href="/exodus/29-20.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/exodus/28-12.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/exodus/21-23.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/genesis/49-26.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/exodus/13-17.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/exodus/29-16.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/exodus/16-14.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/exodus/31-16.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-16.htm">Change</a> <a href="/exodus/33-3.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/exodus/33-3.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/exodus/33-16.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/exodus/32-27.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/numbers/35-11.htm">Intent</a> <a href="/exodus/32-27.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/exodus/32-22.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/numbers/13-17.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/exodus/32-27.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/exodus/33-9.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-17.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 32</div>1. <a href="/exodus/32-1.htm">The people in the absence of Moses, caused Aaron to make a calf</a> 7. <a href="/exodus/32-7.htm">God informs Moses, who intercedes for Israel, and prevails</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Moses comes down with the tablets</a> 19. <a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">He breaks them</a> 20. <a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">He destroys the calf</a> 22. <a href="/exodus/32-22.htm">Aaron's excuse for himself</a> 25. <a href="/exodus/32-25.htm">Moses causes the idolaters to be slain</a> 30. <a href="/exodus/32-30.htm">He prays for the people</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/32.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/32.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Why should the Egyptians declare, This phrase highlights the concern for God's reputation among the nations, particularly Egypt, from which the Israelites had recently been delivered. The Egyptians had witnessed the power of God through the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. Moses appeals to God's concern for His own name and glory, which is a recurring theme throughout Scripture (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9-11</a>). The reputation of God among the nations is crucial, as it reflects His character and the truth of His promises.‘He brought them out with evil intent, Moses argues that if God were to destroy the Israelites, the Egyptians might misinterpret His actions as malevolent. This phrase underscores the importance of God's intentions being understood as good and just. The deliverance from Egypt was a demonstration of God's power and faithfulness, and any perception of evil intent would contradict His nature as revealed in passages like <a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a>, where God declares His plans for welfare and not for evil.to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? The mountains refer to the wilderness area where the Israelites were journeying. This phrase emphasizes the severity of the potential judgment. The idea of being wiped from the face of the earth echoes the language of total destruction, reminiscent of the flood narrative in <a href="/genesis/6.htm">Genesis 6-9</a>. It highlights the seriousness of Israel's sin with the golden calf and the potential consequences of breaking the covenant with God.Turn from Your fierce anger Moses intercedes on behalf of the people, asking God to turn away from His anger. This reflects the biblical theme of intercession, where a mediator pleads for mercy. It foreshadows the ultimate intercessor, Jesus Christ, who mediates between God and humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>). The concept of God's anger is consistent with His holiness and justice, yet His willingness to relent shows His mercy and grace.and relent from doing harm to Your people. Moses appeals to God's covenant relationship with Israel, referring to them as "Your people." This phrase underscores the special status of Israel as God's chosen nation, a theme that runs throughout the Old Testament (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>). The request for God to relent is a plea for mercy, highlighting the tension between justice and mercy that is ultimately resolved in the New Testament through the sacrifice of Christ, who takes upon Himself the punishment for sin, allowing God to be both just and the justifier (<a href="/romans/3-26.htm">Romans 3:26</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt. In <a href="/bsb/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32</a>, Moses is interceding for the Israelites after they have sinned by creating and worshiping a golden calf. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people of God who have been delivered from slavery in Egypt. They are camped at Mount Sinai and have fallen into idolatry by worshiping a golden calf. 3. <a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a> The mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. It is a place of divine revelation and covenant between God and His people. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a> The one true God who delivered the Israelites from Egypt. In this passage, He is angered by the Israelites' idolatry and is considering bringing judgment upon them. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_egyptians.htm">The Egyptians</a> The nation from which the Israelites were delivered. In <a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12</a>, Moses refers to them in his plea to God, arguing that the Egyptians would misunderstand God's intentions if He destroyed the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_intercession.htm">The Power of Intercession</a> Moses' prayer demonstrates the importance and power of intercessory prayer. Believers are encouraged to stand in the gap for others, praying for God's mercy and intervention. <a href="/topical/g/god's_reputation_matters.htm">God's Reputation Matters</a> Moses appeals to God's reputation among the nations. As Christians, our actions should reflect God's character and uphold His name. <a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_promises.htm">Remembering God's Promises</a> Moses reminds God of His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Believers should hold onto God's promises, especially in times of crisis. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> The Israelites' sin serves as a warning against idolatry. Christians must guard their hearts against anything that takes the place of God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_justice.htm">God's Mercy and Justice</a> This passage highlights the balance between God's justice and mercy. While God is just and must address sin, He is also merciful and willing to forgive.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 32</a> <a href="/q/why_did_aaron_make_the_golden_calf.htm">Why did Aaron create the golden calf for worship?</a> <a href="/q/what_happened_on_mount_sinai.htm">What occurred when Moses was on Mount Sinai?</a> <a href="/q/would_egyptians_give_valuables_to_slaves.htm">Exodus 12:35-36 - How plausible is it that the Egyptians would voluntarily give away their valuables to departing slaves without resistance?</a> <a href="/q/why_worship_the_golden_calf.htm">Why did the Israelites worship the golden calf?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a> <a href="/commentaries/exodus/32-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Why לָמָּה֩ (lām·māh) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what should the Egyptians declare, יֹאמְר֨וּ (yō·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘He brought them out הֽוֹצִיאָם֙ (hō·w·ṣî·’ām) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim with evil intent, בְּרָעָ֤ה (bə·rā·‘āh) Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil to kill לַהֲרֹ֤ג (la·hă·rōḡ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> To smite with deadly intent them in the mountains בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים (be·hā·rîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country and wipe וּ֨לְכַלֹּתָ֔ם (ū·lə·ḵal·lō·ṯām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent them from מֵעַ֖ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the face פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face of the earth’? הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land Turn שׁ֚וּב (ūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again from Your fierce מֵחֲר֣וֹן (mê·ḥă·rō·wn) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> A burning of anger anger אַפֶּ֔ךָ (’ap·pe·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire and relent וְהִנָּחֵ֥ם (wə·hin·nā·ḥêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge from {doing} עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against harm הָרָעָ֖ה (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil to Your people. לְעַמֶּֽךָ׃ (lə·‘am·me·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">OT Law: Exodus 32:12 Why should the Egyptians speak saying 'He (Exo. 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