2609 See n. 1113 to
7:148, where the same words are used and explained. 2610 Seen. 1114 to
7:148. 2611 Moses has forgotten: i.e., 'forgotten both us and his god. He has been gone for so many days. He is searching for a god on the Mount when his god is really here!' This is spoken by the Samiri and his partisans, but the people as a whole accepted it, and it therefore becomes their speech.