20. And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
21. Then I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.
22. “At Taberah also, and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.
23. And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.
24. You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.
25. “So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you.
26. And I prayed to the Lord, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your heritage, whom you have redeemed through your greatness, whom you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27. Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin,