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Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them."
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And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.
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Then the Lord said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?
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I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."
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And Moses said to the Lord: "Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them,
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and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people; that You, Lord, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
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Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,
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'Because the Lord was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.'
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And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
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'The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.'
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Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."