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"But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have adeclared ,
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'1The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgivinginiquity and transgression ; but 2He will by nomeansclear the guilty, 3visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the childrenbto the third and the fourth generations.'
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"4Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of thispeople according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiventhispeople, from Egypt even untilnow."
The LORD Pardons and Rebukes
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So the LORDsaid, "5I have pardoned them according to your word ;
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but indeed, 6as I live, c7all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD.
22"Surely8all the men who have seen My glory and My signswhich I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet 9have put Me to the testthesetentimes and have not listened to My voice,
2310shall by nomeanssee the landwhich I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.
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"But My servantCaleb, 11because he hashad a differentspirit and has followed Me fully, d12I will bring into the landewhich he entered, and his fdescendants shall takepossession of it.