23. Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you,” then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and you did not believe Him or listen to His voice.
24. You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day I knew you.
25. So I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights; I fell down because the Lord had said He would destroy you.
26. I prayed therefore to the Lord, and said, “O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, which You have redeemed through Your greatness, which You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.