Deuteronomy 9:14

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Cross-references

In Deuteronomy 29:20, the same phrase 'blot out his name from under heaven' describes an individual covenant breaker, mirroring the national threat here.

Deuteronomy 7:24 uses the same 'make their name perish from under heaven' language, but for Israel's conquest of enemies.

Deuteronomy 25:19 commands blotting out Amalek's memory — same language as God's threat against Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:6 aims to preserve a brother's name from being blotted out — opposite of God's threat here.

In Exodus 32:32, Moses pleads for Israel by offering his own name to be blotted out, directly responding to the judgment threat here.

In Revelation 3:5, Jesus promises never to blot out the victor's name from the book of life, reversing the threat of blotting out Israel here.

Acts 7:51 Allusion

In Acts 7:51, Stephen echoes the 'stiff-necked' accusation from Deuteronomy 9, linking Israel's persistent rebellion to the golden calf judgment.

Jeremiah 15:1 mentions Moses' intercession from this event but says it would not save a later generation — a contrast in outcome.

Jeremiah 14:11 shows God forbidding intercession for a rebellious people — contrasting with Moses' successful intercession here.

Numbers 14:12 repeats the same offer — God will destroy Israel and make Moses a greater nation — a direct parallel.

In Exodus 32:33, God limits the threat by saying only the guilty will be blotted out, contrasting the blanket destruction proposed here.

Exodus 32:10–13 Historical context

Exodus 32:10-13 is the original account of God's threat and Moses' intercession — the same event Moses retells here.

Psalm 106:23 directly recounts this event — God would have destroyed them but Moses interceded.

2 Kings 14:27 explicitly says God had not said He would blot out Israel's name — recalling and limiting this threat.

Ezra 9:14 Allusion

Ezra 9:14 fears God will consume them with no remnant — echoes the same threat of total destruction here.

Psalm 9:5 Parallel

In Psalm 9:5, God blots out the names of wicked nations, using the same judgment language applied to Israel here.

In Psalm 109:13, a curse wishes for an enemy's name to be blotted out, echoing the same divine judgment phrase used against Israel here.