Numbers 14:13-19

13And Moses said to the Lord: “Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them,

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

15Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,

16‘Because the Lord was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.’

17And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,

18‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’

19Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”