Moses intercedes for the people

13But Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear, for by your power you brought up this people from among them.”

14And they will tell the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that you, Yahweh, are in the midst of this people, that you, Yahweh, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

15And if you kill this people as one man, then the nations that have heard your report will say,

16Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he slaughtered them in the wilderness.