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Then I will make you into a great nation.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So now leave Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them, and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may consume them; and I will make you a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore, let Me alone <i>and</i> do not interfere, so that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you (your descendants) a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now leave me alone, so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now leave Me alone, so that My anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't try to stop me. But I will make your descendants into a great nation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Now leave me alone. I'm so angry with them I am going to destroy them. Then I'll make you into a great nation."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Now, don't try to stop me. I am angry with them, and I am going to destroy them. Then I will make you and your descendants into a great nation." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now let me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may consume them, but I'll make a great nation of you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation.” <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, leave Me alone, and My anger burns against them, and I consume them, and I make you become a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou be at rest to me, and my wrath shall kindle against them, and I will consume them: and I will make thee into a great nation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Release me, so that my fury may be enraged against them, and I may destroy them, and then I will make of you a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Let me alone, then, that my anger may burn against them to consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe, “I have seen this people and behold the people is hard necked:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make thee a great nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/32-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8301" 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 Informed of Israel's Sin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. <span class="reftext">10</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.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">leave Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5117.htm" title="5117: han·nî·ḥāh (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To rest, i.e. settle down">alone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">so that My anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/2734.htm" title="2734: wə·yi·ḥar- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- To burn or be kindled with anger. A primitive root; to glow or grow warm; figuratively to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy.">may burn</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">against them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: wa·’ă·ḵal·lêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf.h-1cs:: 3mp) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">and consume them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">Then I will make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·wṯ·ḵā (DirObjM:: 2ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">into a great</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: lə·ḡō·w (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nation.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>But 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?…<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="/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="/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="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-32.htm">Genesis 18:32</a></span><br />Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Deuteronomy 9:19</a></span><br />For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-16.htm">Jeremiah 7:16</a></span><br />As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8</a></span><br />But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm">1 Kings 19:10</a></span><br />“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-4.htm">2 Kings 19:4</a></span><br />Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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="/romans/11-2.htm">Romans 11:2-4</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></span><br />And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.</p><p class="hdg">let me alone</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-32.htm">Genesis 18:32,33</a></b></br> And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy <i>it</i> for ten's sake… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/32-26.htm">Genesis 32:26-28</a></b></br> And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-19.htm">Numbers 14:19,20</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="hdg">my wrath</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11,19</a></b></br> And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Exodus 22:24</a></b></br> And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.</p><p class="hdg">and I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12</a></b></br> I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14,19</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><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/24-2.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/exodus/30-20.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/exodus/31-8.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/genesis/41-30.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/exodus/29-20.htm">Great</a> <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/exodus/23-5.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Wax</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/exodus/33-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Great</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/exodus/33-1.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/exodus/33-13.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Wax</a> <a href="/exodus/32-26.htm">Way</a> <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Wrath</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 /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/exodus/32.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Now leave Me alone</b><br />This phrase is a direct command from God to Moses, indicating a moment of divine testing and intercession. The Hebrew root for "leave" is "נוח" (nuach), which can mean to rest or settle. Here, it implies a withdrawal, suggesting that God is testing Moses' resolve and leadership. Historically, this moment is pivotal as it reflects the tension between divine justice and mercy. God’s command is not just a dismissal but an invitation for Moses to intercede, highlighting the role of a mediator between God and His people.<p><b>so that My anger may burn against them</b><br />The phrase "My anger" in Hebrew is "אַף" (aph), which literally means "nose" or "nostrils," metaphorically used to describe anger, as in the flaring of nostrils. This anthropomorphic expression conveys the intensity of God's righteous indignation towards the Israelites' idolatry. The historical context here is crucial; the Israelites have just created and worshipped the golden calf, a direct violation of the covenant. This phrase underscores the seriousness of sin and the holiness of God, who cannot tolerate idolatry.<p><b>and consume them</b><br />The Hebrew word for "consume" is "כָּלָה" (kalah), meaning to complete, finish, or bring to an end. This reflects the totality of God's judgment that could have been executed upon the Israelites. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of the consequences of sin and the justice of God. However, it also sets the stage for Moses' intercession, which ultimately averts this complete destruction, showcasing the power of prayer and advocacy.<p><b>Then I will make you into a great nation</b><br />This promise echoes the Abrahamic covenant found in Genesis, where God promises to make Abraham's descendants a great nation. The Hebrew word for "great" is "גָּדוֹל" (gadol), signifying not just size but also significance and honor. By offering to start anew with Moses, God tests Moses' humility and leadership. Moses' refusal to accept this offer in favor of pleading for the people demonstrates his selflessness and foreshadows the ultimate mediator, Jesus Christ, who intercedes on behalf of humanity.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Let me alone.</span>--This was not a command to abstain from deprecation, but rather an intimation that deprecation might have power to change God's purpose. Moses was tried by an offer which would have exalted him at the expense of the people. He was allowed to see that he might either sacrifice the people and obtain his own aggrandisement, or deny himself and save them. That he chose the better part redounds to his undying glory.<p><span class= "bld">I will make of thee a great</span> <span class= "bld">nation</span>--i.e., I will put thee in the place of Abraham, make thee the father of the faithful, destroy all existing Israelites but thee and thine, and proceed <span class= "ital">de novo </span>to raise up a "great nation" out of thy loins.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now, therefore, let me alone.</span> This was not a command, but rather a suggestion; or, at any rate, it was a command not intended to compel obedience - like that of the angel to Jacob - "Let me go, for the day breaketh" (<a href="/genesis/32-26.htm">Genesis 32:26</a>). Moses was not intended to take the command as absolute. He did not do so - he "wrestled with God," like Jacob, and prevailed. <span class="cmt_word">That my wrath may wax hot</span>. Literally, "and my wrath will wax hot." <span class="cmt_word">I will make of thee a great nation</span>. (Compare <a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12</a>.) God could, of course, have multiplied the seed of Moses, as he had that of Abraham; but in that case all that had been as yet done would have gone for nought, and his purposes with respect to his "peculiar people" would have been put back six hundred years and more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/32-10.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">Now</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּה֙</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">leave Me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">alone,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנִּ֣יחָה</span> <span class="translit">(han·nî·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3240.htm">Strong's 3240: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that My anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַפִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may burn</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִֽחַר־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yi·ḥar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2734.htm">Strong's 2734: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against them</span><br /><span class="heb">בָהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">and consume them.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲכַלֵּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·ḵal·lêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then I will make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹתְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wṯ·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into a great</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּדֽוֹל׃</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nation.”</span><br /><span class="heb">לְג֥וֹי</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḡō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">OT Law: Exodus 32:10 Now therefore leave me alone that my (Exo. 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