¹¹ But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God: “Lord, why does your anger burn against your people you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand? ¹² Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and eliminate them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for your people.^{(A) 13} Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel—you swore to them by yourself^(B) and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’”^{(C) 14} So the Lord relented^(D) concerning the disaster he had said he would bring on his people.

⁹ Then Samuel took a young lamb^(A) and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on behalf of Israel, and the Lord answered him.^(B)

²³ “As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you.^(A) I will teach you the good and right way.

¹⁴ Even if these three men^(A)—Noah,^(B) Daniel,^(C) and Job^(D)—were in it, they would rescue only themselves by their righteousness.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.