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But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites.

But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.

The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?

The Lord said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them?

I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they."

I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they."

Moses said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

Moses said to the Lord, "Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, O LORD, are with these people and that you, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

And they will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, Lord, are with these people and that you, Lord, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

If you put these people to death all at one time, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,

If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,

'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath; so he slaughtered them in the desert.'

‘The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.'

"Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared:

"Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared:

'The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.'

‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.'

In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."

In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."