Exodus 32:30-35 - Moses Begs The Lord To Spare The People
30 And on the morrow, Moses said unto the people, "Ye have sinned a great sin. But now I will go up unto the LORD, to wit whether I can make an atonement for your sin."
31 And Moses went again unto the LORD and said, "O, this people have sinned a great sin and have made them a god of gold: 32 Yet forgive them their sin, I pray thee: If not, wipe me out of thy book which thou hast written."
33 And the LORD said unto Moses, "I will put him out of my book that hath sinned against me. 34 But go, and bring the people unto the land which I said unto thee, 'Behold, mine angel shall go before thee.' Neverthelater in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them." 35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf; which Aaron made.