Numbers 14:15-19

15The people in other nations have heard of your power. So now, if you kill all your people together, the people in those nations will say,

16“The Lord could not bring those people into the land that he had seriously promised to give to them. So he killed all of them in the desert.”

17But now, I pray that you will show how powerful you are. You yourself have said,

18“The Lord does not quickly become angry. His faithful love for his people continues for ever. He forgives people when they turn against him and they do bad things. But if someone is guilty, he surely punishes them. And he punishes their children, their grandchildren and their grandchildren's children.”

19So please forgive the very bad thing that these people have done. Do that because your faithful love is so great. You have forgiven these people since they left Egypt until now. So please be kind and forgive them again now.’