cellio | parsha bit: Ki Tisa

The talmud teaches that when Moshe ascended Mount Sinai, God was writing his attribute of "long-suffering". Moshe said "with the righteous?" and God replied "even with the wicked". Moshe responded, "Why the wicked? Let them be punished!" and God replied "you will change your mind". Later, when the Israelites built the golden calf, God announced that he would destroy them and reminded Moshe "you said only for the righteous". Moshe responded "and you said even for the wicked", and then appealed to God's patience to spare the people. (Sanhedrin 111)