to the Promised Land. Not only does Moses himself have to submit to God and remain optimistic of the words of the Lord at all times, but he also has the duty to enforce this same determination on the Israelites. When the Lord is angered by the people for worshipping the Golden Calf, Moses pleads with Him to forgive: "Why should the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intent that [God] brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from your fierce wrath; change
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