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NIV Exodus 34:6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. When God proclaims his name to Moses, Moses does what any of us would do in that situation, he hit the deck! Never before had the world known this kind of God. All of their gods had to be appeased, lest they become angry and send a plague. All of their gods had to be given regular gifts, lest they forget the people who worshiped them. All the gods they knew were capricious and selfish. But Yahweh came in with a completely different personality than anyone expected. Compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness! This description of God is used nine times in the NIV from Exodus to Nahum. The people forgot God, and yet, He remained faithful to them, he was slow to anger. As the Psalmist said, “If you, O