13. Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from amongst them.
14. They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Lord are amongst this people; for you Lord 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.
15. Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
16. ‘Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’
17. Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,