SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:19
Perdona ahora la iniquidad de este pueblo según la grandeza de tu misericordia, y como has perdonado a este pueblo desde Egipto hasta aquí.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 14:19
Verse 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people] From ver. to ver. 19 inclusive we have the words of Moses's intercession; they need no explanation, they are full of simplicity and energy; his arguments with God (for be did reason and argue with his Maker) are pointed, cogent, and respectful; and while they show a heart full of humanity, they evidence the deepest concern for the glory of God. The argumentum ad hominem is here used in the most unexceptionable manner, and with the fullest effect.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people , according unto the greatness of thy mercy , etc.] Intimating, that though the sin of this people was great, the mercy of God to pardon was greater; and therefore he entreats that God would deal with them, not according to the greatness of their sins, and the strictness of justice, but according to the greatness of his mercy, who would, and does, abundantly pardon; and as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even until now ; which shows both that these people had been continually sinning against the Lord, ever since they came out of Egypt, notwithstanding the great goodness of God unto them, and that he had as constantly pardoned; and therefore it was hoped and entreated that he would still continue to pardon them, he being the same he ever was, and whose mercy and goodness endure for ever: he had pardoned already sins of the like kind since their coming out of Egypt, as their murmurings for bread in the wilderness of Sin, ( Exodus 16:1-7), and for water at Rephidim, ( Exodus 17:1-7), and even a greater sin than these, idolatry, or the worship of the calf, ( Exodus 32:1-10).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-19 - Moses made humble intercession for Israel. Herein he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those that despitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's sin, is the turning away the nation's punishment; and for that Moses is here so earnest. Moses argued that, consistently with God's character, in his abundant mercies, he could forgive them.
Original Hebrew
סלח 5545 נא 4994 לעון 5771 העם 5971 הזה 2088 כגדל 1433 חסדך 2617 וכאשׁר 834 נשׂאתה 5375 לעם 5971 הזה 2088 ממצרים 4714 ועד 5704 הנה׃ 2008
