⁹ And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.

¹² Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

⁹ For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.

⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

¹² For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

¹⁶ The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

¹⁴ The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

⁶² He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with his heritage.

⁹ Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

²⁰ Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

⁴ Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

⁴ For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

¹¹ Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

¹⁹ May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.

¹³ If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people.

¹⁴ And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.

¹⁵ And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.

¹⁶ For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.

³ Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.

⁴ Hearing this bad news the people were full of grief, and no one put on his ornaments.

⁵ And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.

⁵ If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: