^{13 Ref} And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

^{14 Ref} and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

^{15 Ref} Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

^{16 Ref} Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

^{17 Ref} And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

^{18 Ref} Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear `the guilty', visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

^{19 Ref} Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.