The Lord replied to Moses: whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. God's response establishes individual accountability: the one who sinned bears the consequence, not the innocent intercessor. The substitution Moses offers but cannot perform, Christ performs. Romans 5:8 says Christ died for us while we were still sinners — the I will blot out of verse 33 and the Lamb who was slain of Revelation 5:6 are the two ends of the same covenantal question: who bears the guilt of those who sinned? The answer the Torah cannot give, the cross provides.

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