Moses Who Said Blot Me Out

After the golden calf, ascends the mountain again and offers his own name to be blotted from the book if the people can be spared; later interposes again after the spies refusal; stays in the breach. Failure mode: None at the intercession itself; earlier strikes the rock in anger. Restoration path: Stand in the gap; offer self before God for the people; do not bargain from the safe side. Markers: catastrophic communal sin; positioned to be saved while others perish; offers own standing in exchange; appeals to Gods name not the peoples merit; stays at the breach