Exodus 32:10

So now, leave me alone ¹  so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”

Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."

"Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation."

Now leave me alone so my anger can blaze against them and destroy them all. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation instead of them."

Let me alone now, give my anger free reign to burst into flames and incinerate them. But I'll make a great nation out of you."

Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.

Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation."

"Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation."

So now, leave me alone ¹  so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”

¹ tn The imperative, from the word “to rest” (נוּחַ, nuakh), has the sense of “leave me alone, let me be.” It is a directive for Moses not to intercede for the people. B. S. Childs (Exodus [OTL], 567) reflects the Jewish interpretation that there is a profound paradox in God’s words. He vows the severest punishment but then suddenly conditions it on Moses’ agreement. “Let me alone that I may consume them” is the statement, but the effect is that he has left the door open for intercession. He allows himself to be persuaded – that is what a mediator is for. God could have slammed the door (as when Moses wanted to go into the promised land). Moreover, by alluding to the promise to Abraham God gave Moses the strongest reason to intercede.