32:9. And again the Lord said to Moses: I see that this people is stiffnecked:
32:10. Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation.
32:11. But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation enkindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?
32:12. Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people.
32:13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thy own self, saying: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven: and this whole land that I have spoken of, I will give to your seed, and you shall possess it for ever:
32:14. And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.
32:15. And Moses returned from the mount, carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand, written on both sides,
32:16. And made by the work of God; the writing also of God was graven in the tables.
32:17. And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp.
32:18. But he answered: It is not the cry of men encouraging to fight, nor the shout of men compelling to flee: but I hear the voice of singers.