23. Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24. Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word;
25. But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
26. Therefore he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would overthrow them in the wilderness: