Exodus 32:11
And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Cross-references
Exodus 32:7 records God telling Moses the people have become corrupt — the very situation that prompts Moses' intercession here.
In Exodus 32:10, God threatens to destroy Israel; Moses' intercession in 32:11 directly responds to that threat.
Exodus 32:19 shows Moses' anger and destruction of the calf, contrasting his earlier intercession — he pleads for mercy then enacts judgment.
Exodus 32:1 describes the people demanding idols — the sin that provoked God's anger, leading to Moses' intercession here.
Numbers 16:22 mirrors Moses' intercession: falling on his face and pleading with God not to punish the whole congregation for one man's sin.
Deuteronomy 9:18-20 recounts Moses' intercession, adding details of his 40-day fast and prayer for Aaron.
Psalm 106:23 directly references this event: 'He said He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood in the breach.'
Deuteronomy 9:26-29 records Moses' prayer plea, repeating his arguments from Exodus 32:11-13.
Psalm 74:1 echoes Moses' cry: 'Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?' — same lament over God's anger against His people.
Joel 2:17 calls priests to plead 'Spare your people' and asks why nations should say 'Where is their God?', mirroring Moses' intercession.
Psalm 99:6 directly references Moses as one who called upon the Lord and was answered, exemplifying the intercession in Exodus 32:11.
Jeremiah 15:1 cites Moses' intercession as a precedent, but God says even his plea would not change the judgment.
Daniel 9:15 echoes Moses' language 'brought out with a mighty hand' as Daniel confesses sin and pleads for mercy.
1 Kings 8:51 uses the same 'people and inheritance' language that Moses used to appeal for mercy — a reminder of God's deliverance.
Deuteronomy 9:19 is Moses' own retrospective account of this intercession, emphasizing God's mercy in response to his plea.
Isaiah 63:11 recalls God's deliverance from Egypt, echoing Moses' plea that God not abandon His people despite their sin.
Ezekiel 13:5 condemns those who did not 'stand in the breach,' alluding to Moses who interceded as a barrier against God's wrath.
Amos 7:2 shows the prophet interceding for forgiveness and asking 'How can Jacob stand?', similar to Moses' plea for the people.
Psalm 85:3 celebrates God turning from anger, the very outcome Moses sought in Exodus 32:11 — a divine response to intercession.
Psalm 74:2 asks God to remember His redeemed inheritance — paralleling Moses' plea for the people God brought out of Egypt.
Nehemiah 1:10 echoes Moses' plea, calling Israel 'thy servants and thy people' whom God redeemed — a recurring intercessory argument.
Judges 2:20 shows God's anger again without an intercessor, contrasting the mercy Moses obtained in 32:11.
In Numbers 21:7, the people again ask Moses to intercede; this mirrors his role as mediator in Exodus 32:11.