And disinherit them - By the proposed extinction of Israel the blessings of the covenant would revert to their original donor.

And will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. — A similar promise had been given to Moses on the occasio…

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them ,
&c.] Deprive them of inhabiting the land; so as many as…

Moses made humble intercession for Israel. In this, he was a type of Christ, who prayed for those who spitefully used him. The pardon of a nation's…