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God tells Moses to stand in the crevice of a rock. There God will cause His glory to pass by. Moses will not be able to see God directly, \u201cfor no\u00a0one may see Me and live,\u201d but he will come as close as is possible for a human being. God passed before him and proclaimed what became known as Thirteen Attributes of Mercy (Ex. 34:5\u20137). Note that God speaks these words, not Moses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is God doing at this point? The answer becomes clear only two books later, in the book of Numbers. It is then that the people commit another sin as grievous as the making of the golden calf. Moses had sent spies to look at the land. They had come back with a demoralizing report. The land is indeed good, they said, flowing with milk and honey. But the people are strong. Their cities are highly fortified. We will not be able to defeat them. They are giants. We are grasshoppers (Num. 13).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point the people, despondent and hopeless, say, \u201cLet\u2019s choose a leader and go back to Egypt\u201d (Num. 14:4). As He did at the time of the golden calf, God threatens to destroy the people and begin a nation anew with Moses. Again Moses prays to God to forgive the people, for His sake if not for theirs. Then he adds a new element to his prayer: \u201cNow may the Lord\u2019s strength be displayed, just as You have declared: \u201cThe Lord is slow to anger, abounding in loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and rebellion.\u201d Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished; He punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation. In accordance with Your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as You have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.\u201d (Num. 14:17\u201319)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moses is doing something he has not done before. Previously he has prayed on the basis of how God\u2019s acts will look to the world, and on the basis of His covenant with the patriarchs. Now he is praying on the basis of God\u2019s own nature. He is, as it were, recalling God to Himself. Essentially he is repeating what God Himself had said at Mount Sinai. He says so. He says, \u201cas You have declared,\u201d as if to say, \u201cThese are Your words, not mine.\u201d Only now do we fully understand what God was doing on that previous occasion. He was teaching Moses how to pray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><em>Introduction: Seeking Forgiveness, Koren Yom Kippur Machzor<\/em><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":81230,"id":81230,"title":"","filename":"ps20-prayer.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps20-prayer.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/god-answers-in-times-of-trouble\/silhouette-of-unrecognizable-man-praying-outside\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"silhouette-of-unrecognizable-man-praying-outside","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81229,"date":"2020-10-11 12:23:16","modified":"2022-08-25 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