Avenge the Lord What in the preceding verse is termed avenging Israel, is here called avenging the Lord, because by their idolatry and lewdness, and by seducing God's people into rebellion against him, they had offered a high affront to him. God's great care was to avenge the Israelites, and Moses's chief desire was to avenge God, rather than himself or the people.

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