The syntax of these verses is exceptionally broken. Just as Paul did when deeply moved, Moses also presses his arguments one upon another without p…

Now [if] you shall kill [all] this people, as one man
Suddenly, and at once, as might be done by a pestilence; and a…

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…