And the Lord spake unto Moses When on his face in prayer, and bid him rise up, and told him he had granted his request, and then spoke to him: saying; as follows.
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“Get away from all these people so that I may instantly destroy them!”
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But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. “O God,” they pleaded, “you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?”