The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,^p ⁷maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin.^q But he will not leave the guilty^r unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

⁸Moses immediately knelt low on the ground and worshiped. ⁹Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.”^s

COVENANT OBLIGATIONS

¹⁰And the Lord responded, “Look, I am making a covenant. In the presence of all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done^A in the whole earth or in any nation. All the people you live among will see the Lord’s work, for what I am doing with you is awe-inspiring.^a

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Exodus 34:6–7: …“The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty…”

Footnotes

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Cross references

p Nm 14:18; Neh 9:17; Ps 86:15; 103:8; 108:4; Jl 2:13; Rm 2:4
q Ex 20:6; Ps 103:3; 130:4; Dn 9:9; 1Jn 1:9
r Jos 24:19; Jb 10:14; Nah 1:3
s Ex 33:15–16; Ps 33:12; 94:14
a Dt 4:32; 5:2; Ps 77:14; 145:6