Exodus 32-33

In these two chapters what impresses me is to see the love Moses has for the erring, backsliding people of Israel. Over the course of these two chapter we see Moses pleading for God's patience and mercy on behalf of the Israelites (even though it seems that they didn't deserve mercy at this time). Even after the Lord assured Moses that he would be not only spared but prospered, and that the wicked Israelites would be destroyed, Moses pleaded on their behalf:

11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

And again, Moses returns to the Lord, and poignantly offers to take the blame for his people's unfaithfulness:

31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

And again:

13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight,shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

Exodus 32.
Exodus 33.