Exodus 32:30-35 - Moses Begs The Lord To Spare The People

³⁰ The following day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a grave sin. Now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I will be able to atone for your sin.”

³¹ So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, these people have committed a grave sin; they have made a god of gold for themselves. ³² Now if You would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book You have written.”

³³ The Lord replied to Moses: “I will erase whoever has sinned against Me from My book. ³⁴ Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about; see, My angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will hold them accountable for their sin.” ³⁵ And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.