Deuteronomy 9:14

let me alone] desist from me; Exodus 32:10 let me rest, give me peace.

destroy See on Deuteronomy 1:27.

blot out their name, etc.] Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 25:19: cp. synonym in Deuteronomy 7:24 q.v.Not in Exodus 32:10.

a nation mightier and greater Expansion of great nation, Exodus 32:10. This whole v. is illustrative of the expansive style of D. Bertholet sees the immediate continuation of the v. in Deuteronomy 10:10 and points out how excellently Deuteronomy 9:15 follows on Deuteronomy 9:12. This would account for the omission of Moses" first intercession while still on the Mount, Exodus 32:11-14.