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Deuteronomy 9:14

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 9:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
Deuteronomy 9:14 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 9

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
12And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
13Furthermore Jehovah spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
14let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.
17And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Let me alone, that I may destroy them, etc.] Do not say one word to me on their behalf, or entreat me to spare them, and not destroy them: and blot out their name from under heaven; that no such nation may be heard of, or known by the name of Israel: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they; of his family, whereby the Lord’s promise to Abraham would not have been made void, but equally firm and sure, since this mightier and greater nation would have been of his seed; (see Gill on “<023210>Exodus 32:10”).”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Let me alone! - Stop me not by thy intercession. Deuteronomy 9:17”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“9:14 erase their name: The Lord threatened to destroy Israel’s identity and existence (see study note on 7:24).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Let me: Exo 32:10-13; Isa 62:6, Isa 62:7; Jer 14:11, Jer 15:1; Luk 11:7-10, Luk 18:1-8; Act 7:51 blot: Deu 29:20; Exo 32:32, Exo 32:33; Psa 9:5, Psa 109:13; Pro 10:7; Rev 3:5 and I will: Num 14:11, Num 14:12 Deuteronomy 9:15”
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