Then the Lord said to Moses. The brief transition verse signals that God is not deterred by Israel's inability to receive the message. Moses has just reported the people's deafness, and God's response is simply to continue giving instructions. This is the patience Exodus 34:6 will later name as a divine attribute: slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love. God does not revise His plan because the people are too broken to receive it. He continues. 2 Timothy 2:13 captures the principle: if we are faithless, he remains faithful — he cannot disown himself. The God who remembers His covenant when Israel cannot remember their hope is the same God who keeps His promises when His people keep breaking theirs. Every movement of the Exodus from this point forward will be taken by a God whose faithfulness is not conditioned on the responsiveness of those He is faithful to.

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