Why should the Egyptians say,‘For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people.
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TSK · Numbers 14:19
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The LORD said to Moses,“I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”
then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said,“Sovereign LORD, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”
When God saw their actions– that they turned from their evil way of living!– God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.
Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love?
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up– and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.