Exodus 32:10

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Moses at Sinai immediately after the golden calf incident, proposing to withdraw His protection so His judgment may consume the Israelites.

The words — The verse hinges on הַנִּיחָה (ha.Ni.cha), literally "leave alone," and אַפִּי (a.Pi), literally "my anger."

The thread — This same divine proposal to abandon the rebellious people and establish a new nation through Moses appears in Deuteronomy 9:14 and Numbers 14:12.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that covenant preservation follows rebellion and depends entirely on mediated intercession rather than human merit.

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The Hebrew words

וְעַתָּה֙ve./'a.Tahand/ therefore הַנִּ֣יחָהha.Ni.cha/hleave alone/ !לִּ֔יL/i<to> <the>/ meוְיִֽחַר־ve./yi.char-so/ may it burn אַפִּ֥י'a.P/ianger/ myבָהֶ֖םva./Hemon <the>/ themוַאֲכַלֵּ֑םva./'a.kha.Le/mso/ I may make an end of/ them וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥הve./'e.'e.Sehand/ I may make אוֹתְךָ֖'ot./Kha<obj.>/ you לְג֥וֹיle./Goyinto/ a nation גָּדֽוֹל׃ga.Dolgreat

King James Version

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 9:14 Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
Numbers 14:12 I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
Deuteronomy 9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
Exodus 22:24 My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
Numbers 16:45 “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.
Numbers 14:19 Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
Numbers 16:22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
Exodus 32:11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
Exodus 32:19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
Jeremiah 14:11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.