ሙሳም ከሕዝቦቹ ውስጥ ለቀጠሮዋችን ሰባን ሰዎች መረጠ ፡ ፡ ብርቱ የምድር እንቅጥቃጤ በያዘቻቸውም ጊዜ ሙሳ አለ « ጌታዬ ሆይ ! በሻህ ኖሮ ከአሁን በፊት በአጠፋሃቸው ነበር ፡ ፡ እኔንም ( ባጠፋኸኝ ነበር ) ፡ ፡ ከእኛ ቂሎቹ በሠሩት ነገር ታጠፋናለህን እርሷ ( ፈተናይቱ ) ያንተ ፈተና እንጂ ሌላ አይደለችም ፡ ፡ በእርሷ የምትሻውን ታሳስታለህ ፡ ፡ የምትሻውንም ታቀናለህ ፡ ፡ አንተ ረዳታችን ነህና ለእኛ ምሕረት አድርግልን ፡ ፡ እዘንልንም ፡ ፡ አንተም ከመሓሪዎች ሁሉ በላጭ ነህ ፡ ፡ »
And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting : when they were seized with violent quaking , he prayed : " O my Lord ! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed , long before , both them and me : wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us ? this is no more than Thy trial : by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray , and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path . Thou art our Protector : so forgive us and give us Thy mercy ; for Thou art the best of those who forgive .