Observe, Moses doth not now presume to say that they are the Lord's people, but he calls them this people. Observe how he pleads for great mercy, because of great transgression. David uses the same argument in after ages. Psalms 25:11. But was not Moses in all this a type of the Lord Jesus?
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Exodus 32:31
31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.