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Deuteronomy 9:14

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14 1Let me alone, that I may destroy them and 2blot out their name from under heaven. And 3I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
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Deuteronomy 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:14

Let me alone, that I may destroy them
Do not say one word to me on their behalf, or entreat me to spare them, and not destroy them:

and blot out their name from under heaven;
that no such nation may be heard of, or known by the name of Israel:

and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they;
of his family, whereby the Lord's promise to Abraham would not have been made void, but equally firm and sure, since this mightier and greater nation would have been of his seed; (See Gill on Exodus 32:10).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 9:14 In-Context

12 Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.'
13 "Furthermore, the LORD said to me, 'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.
14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
15 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
16 And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had made yourselves a golden calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Exodus 32:10
  • 2. Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 25:19; Deuteronomy 29:20; Exodus 17:14
  • 3. Numbers 14:12
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