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But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But now, if You will forgive their sin, <i>very well;</i> but if not, please wipe me out from Your book which You have written!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But now, if You will, forgive their sin— and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But now, if Thou wilt, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out from Thy book which Thou hast written!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yet now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written (kill me)!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now if you would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book you have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now if You would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book You have written.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin?; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But I beg you to forgive them. If you don't, please wipe my name out of your book." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But will you forgive their sin? If not, please wipe me out of the book you have written."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Please forgive their sin; but if you won't, then remove my name from the book in which you have written the names of your people." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now, if you will, forgive their sin—but if not, blot me out of your book which you have written."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But now, if you will forgive their sin. . ., but if not, wipe me out from your book that you have written."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin: and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and now, if You take away their sin—and if not—please blot me out of Your scroll which You have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and now, if Thou takest away their sin -- and if not -- blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And now if thou wilt, lift up their sin; and if not, wipe me off from thy book which thou didst write.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />or, if you do not, then delete me from the book that you have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now if you would only forgive their sin! But if you will not, then blot me out of the book that you have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, blot me out of the book that you have written.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But now, if thou wilt, forgive their sins; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moshe returned to LORD JEHOVAH and said, “I beg you LORD JEHOVAH God, truly this people has sinned a great sin and they have made for themselves gods of gold.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And now if thou wilt forgive their sin, forgive <i>it</i>; and if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou hast written.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/32-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8526" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/32.htm">Moses Intercedes for Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Yet now,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: tiś·śā (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">You would only forgive</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">their sin....</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’a·yin (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">not,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">please</a> <a href="/hebrew/4229.htm" title="4229: mə·ḥê·nî (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 1cs) -- To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to.">blot me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm" title="5612: mis·sip̄·rə·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A missive, document, writing, book. Or ciphrah; from caphar; properly, writing; by implication, a book.">out of the book</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: kā·ṯā·ḇə·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">You have written.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-3.htm">Romans 9:3</a></span><br />For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-28.htm">Psalm 69:28</a></span><br />May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5</a></span><br />Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Daniel 12:1</a></span><br />“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-3.htm">Philippians 4:3</a></span><br />Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-20.htm">Luke 10:20</a></span><br />Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm">Isaiah 4:3</a></span><br />Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-23.htm">Hebrews 12:23</a></span><br />in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-9.htm">Ezekiel 13:9</a></span><br />My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12</a></span><br />And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Revelation 21:27</a></span><br />But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14</a></span><br />Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Deuteronomy 29:20</a></span><br />The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12</a></span><br />I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Jeremiah 18:23</a></span><br />But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yet now, if you will forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray you, out of your book which you have written.</p><p class="hdg">if thou</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-19.htm">Numbers 14:19</a></b></br> Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-18.htm">Daniel 9:18,19</a></b></br> O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/7-2.htm">Amos 7:2</a></b></br> And it came to pass, <i>that</i> when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he <i>is</i> small.</p><p class="hdg">blot me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10</a></b></br> Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14</a></b></br> Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/25-19.htm">Deuteronomy 25:19</a></b></br> Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee <i>for</i> an inheritance to possess it, <i>that</i> thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget <i>it</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Blot</a> <a href="/exodus/24-7.htm">Book</a> <a href="/exodus/23-21.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/exodus/32-30.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Please</a> <a href="/exodus/32-31.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/exodus/23-33.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/32-33.htm">Blot</a> <a href="/exodus/32-33.htm">Book</a> <a href="/numbers/14-19.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/exodus/33-13.htm">Please</a> <a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/exodus/33-12.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/32-1.htm">The people in the absence of Moses, caused Aaron to make a calf</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/32-7.htm">God informs Moses, who intercedes for Israel, and prevails</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/32-15.htm">Moses comes down with the tablets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">He breaks them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">He destroys the calf</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/32-22.htm">Aaron's excuse for himself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/32-25.htm">Moses causes the idolaters to be slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/32-30.htm">He prays for the people</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin...</b><br>This phrase reflects Moses' intercession for the Israelites after they committed idolatry by worshiping the golden calf. Moses stands as a mediator between God and the people, a role that foreshadows Christ's mediatory work (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>). The plea for forgiveness highlights the gravity of sin and the need for divine mercy. The context is the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where sin disrupts fellowship. Forgiveness is a central theme throughout Scripture, seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51 and 1</a> <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>, emphasizing God's willingness to forgive those who repent.<p><b>But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”</b><br>Moses' willingness to be blotted out of God's book demonstrates his self-sacrificial love for the people, akin to Paul's expression in <a href="/romans/9-3.htm">Romans 9:3</a>. The "book" likely refers to a divine record of those who belong to God, a concept seen in other scriptures such as <a href="/psalms/69-28.htm">Psalm 69:28</a> and <a href="/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5</a>. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of keeping records of citizens. Moses' offer underscores the seriousness of Israel's sin and his deep commitment to their welfare, paralleling Christ's ultimate sacrifice for humanity's sins (<a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who intercedes on behalf of the people after they sin by worshiping the golden calf.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who have sinned by creating and worshiping a golden calf while Moses was on Mount Sinai.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, who is angered by the Israelites' idolatry and is considering their destruction.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses receives the Ten Commandments and where this intercession takes place.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book.htm">The Book</a></b><br>Refers to the "book" God has written, symbolizing the record of those who belong to Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/intercessory_prayer.htm">Intercessory Prayer</a></b><br>Moses' willingness to be blotted out for the sake of his people exemplifies the power and importance of intercessory prayer. Believers are called to pray fervently for others, standing in the gap as Moses did.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_gravity_of_sin.htm">The Gravity of Sin</a></b><br>The Israelites' sin of idolatry shows the seriousness of turning away from God. It serves as a reminder to guard against modern-day idols that can lead us away from our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_justice.htm">God's Mercy and Justice</a></b><br>This passage highlights the tension between God's justice and mercy. While God is just and must punish sin, He is also merciful and willing to forgive those who repent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_responsibility.htm">Leadership Responsibility</a></b><br>Moses' response demonstrates the heavy responsibility of spiritual leadership. Leaders are called to advocate for their people and seek God's mercy on their behalf.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_life.htm">The Book of Life</a></b><br>The concept of the book of life underscores the importance of our eternal destiny. Believers should live with the assurance of their salvation and the responsibility to remain faithful.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 32</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_hoarfrost_in_the_bible.htm">Can names be removed from the Book of Life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_a_christian_be_removed_from_the_book_of_life.htm">Can a Christian's name be removed from the Book of Life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_names_be_erased_from_the_book_of_life.htm">Can names be removed from the Book of Life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/purpose_of_the_book_of_remembrance.htm">What is the purpose of the Book of Remembrance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">If thou wilt forgive their sin.</span>--Supply after the word "sin," "well and good," "I am content," or some such phrase. Similar instances of <span class= "ital">aposiopesis </span>will be found in <a href="/daniel/3-15.htm" title="Now if you be ready that at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if you worship not, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?">Daniel 3:15</a>; <a href="/luke/13-9.htm" title="And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.">Luke 13:9</a>; <a href="/luke/19-42.htm" title="Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong to your peace! but now they are hid from your eyes.">Luke 19:42</a>; <a href="/john/6-62.htm" title="What and if you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?">John 6:62</a>; <a href="/romans/9-22.htm" title="What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:">Romans 9:22</a>. The usage is common among Orientals.<p><span class= "bld">Blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book.</span>--<span class= "bld">C</span>omp. <a href="/context/romans/9-1.htm" title="I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,">Romans 9:1-3</a>. Moses seems to have risen to the same height of self-abnegation as St. Paul, and to have willed to be "accursed from God for his brethren, his kinsmen according to the flesh." As his sacrifice could not have redeemed them (<a href="/psalms/49-7.htm" title="None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:">Psalm 49:7</a>), God did not accept it in the literal sense; but the offer may have availed much towards the pardon of the people, and towards lightening the chastisement which they received (<a href="/context/exodus/32-34.htm" title="Therefore now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you: behold, my Angel shall go before you: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin on them.">Exodus 32:34-35</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If thou wilt forgive their sin</span>. The ellipsis which follows, is to be supplied by some such words, as "well and good" - "I am content" - "I have no more to say." Similar cases of ellipses will be found in Danial 3:5; <a href="/luke/13-9.htm">Luke 13:9</a>; <a href="/luke/19-42.htm">Luke 19:42</a>; <a href="/john/6-62.htm">John 6:62</a>; <a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Romans 9:22</a>. <span class="cmt_word">And if not, blot me, I pray</span> <span class="cmt_word">thee, out of thy book</span>. Some interpret this as merely equivalent to, "Blot me out of the book of the living," and explain that phrase as meaning simply - "Take my life - kill me instead of them" - but something more seems to be meant. "The book of the living" - "the book of life" - the book of God's writing - is not merely a register of those who happen to be alive at any given time. It "contains the list of the righteous, and ensures to those whose names are written therein, life before God, first in the earthly kingdom of God, and then eternal life also" (Keil). Thus Moses declared his willingness - nay, his wish - that God would visit on him the guilt of his people, both in this world <span class="accented">and the next</span>, so that he would thereupon forgive them. St. Paul has a similar burst of feeling (<a href="/romans/9-1.htm">Romans 9:1-3</a>); but it does not involve a formal offer - it is simply the expression of a willingness. Ordinary men are scarcely competent to judge these sayings of great saints. As Bengel says - "It is not easy to estimate the measure of love in a Moses and a Paul; for the narrow boundary of our reasoning powers does not comprehend it, as the little child is unable to comprehend the courage of heroes." Both were willing - <span class="accented">felt</span> willing, at any rate - to sacrifice their own future for their countrymen - and Moses made the offer. Of all the noble acts in Moses' life it is perhaps the noblest; and no correct estimate of his character can be formed which does not base itself to a large extent on his conduct at this crisis. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/32-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Yet now,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You would only forgive</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשָּׂ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(tiś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their sin...</span><br /><span class="heb">חַטָּאתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֕יִן</span> <span class="translit">(’a·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">please</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֔א</span> <span class="translit">(nā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> </span><span class="str2">I pray', 'now', 'then'</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blot me</span><br /><span class="heb">מְחֵ֣נִי</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḥê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4229.htm">Strong's 4229: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out of the book</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽסִּפְרְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(mis·sip̄·rə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5612.htm">Strong's 5612: </a> </span><span class="str2">A missive, document, writing, book</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You have written.”</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּתָֽבְתָּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(kā·ṯā·ḇə·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">OT Law: Exodus 32:32 Yet now if you will forgive their (Exo. 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