22. “You continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.
23. When the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, He said, ‘Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not believe or obey Him.
24. You have been rebelling against the Lord ever since I have known you.
25. “I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.
26. I prayed to the Lord:Lord God, do not annihilate Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.
27. Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.