16. Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore unto them; therefore, he has slain them in the wilderness.
17. And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18. The Lord is longsuffering and of great mercy, letting go of iniquity and transgression and absolving, but by no means absolving the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generations.
19. Pardon now the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy mercy and as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.
20. Then the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word.
21. But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.