Moses tells how he pleaded with God, whom he addressed as “Sovereign Lord” (in Hebrew the compound name is yhwh [Yahweh] in combination with adonay, each typically translated as “Lord”; 3:24), a form distinctively used in the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants. Moses appealed, “Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan” (3:25). Aft…