1 Nephi 20:9-11

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9 Nevertheless, for my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not off.

10 For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

11 For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for I will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my glory unto another.

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Here the Lord says that for his “name’s sake” and for his “praise” he would not cut <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> off, despite their wickedness. The reasoning is similar to that used by Moses when he interceded in behalf of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> after the incident with the golden calf. Moses’ argument was threefold: first, that they were God’s people, he having brought them out of Egypt by his own power; second, that God’s glory was thus involved and would be shamed in the sight of Israel’s enemies; and third, that God had covenanted with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to raise up a mighty nation from their seed. (Exodus 32:11-14.)

Robert Millet and J.F. McConkie, Doctrinal Commentary of the Book of Mormon, 1:154<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

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