Numbers 14:15-19

15Now if you slaughter all these people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will say,

16‘The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.’

17“Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said,

18‘The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations.’

19In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”