A. The Gift of the Law: " Yahweh gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the commandments Yahweh proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly," 9:10,
B. Israel a Corrupt albeit Redeemed People: "Then Yahweh told me, 'Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt (shichet),'" 9:12,
C. Israel's Sin of the Golden Calf: "I turned and went down the mountain . . . I saw that you have sinned (chata). . . you had made . . . a calf," 9:15-16,
D. Yahweh's Anger and Moses Mediation: ". . . he was angry enough with you to destroy you, but again (gam Yahweh listened to me," 9:19,
D' Yahweh's Anger and Moses Mediation: "Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too (gam)" 9:20,
C' Israel's Sin of the Golden Calf: "I took that sinful thing (chatta'a ), the calf you had made . . . I crushed it . . . and threw the dust into a stream that went down the mountain," 9:21,
B' Israel a Corrupt albeit Redeemed People: "I prayed to Yahweh and said, 'O Sovereign Yahweh, do not destroy (tashchet) your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand," 9:26,
A'. The Gift of the Law: "Yahweh wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And Yahweh gave them to me," 10:4
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