Numbers 14:13-16

13But Moses replied to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by your strength you brought up this people from them.

14They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among these people, how you, Lord, are seen face to face, how your cloud stands over them, and how you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

15If you kill this people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will declare,

16‘Since the Lord wasn’t able to bring this people into the land he swore to give them, he has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’