13And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;
14And they will give the news to the people of this land: they have had word that you, Lord, are present with this people, letting yourself be seen face to face, and that your cloud is resting over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
15Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,
16Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land.
17So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:
18The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.
19May 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.
