Lord, he said, if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance. Moses' prayer builds on the character just declared: if the Lord is compassionate and gracious, let that compassion be applied to this stiff-necked people. The prayer applies God's own character back to Him — the most effective form of intercession. Take us as your inheritance is the covenant claim: Israel as God's treasured possession. Deuteronomy 32:9 says the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance — the prayer Moses prays here becomes the declaration of Deuteronomy.

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