Numbers 14:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ If you put these people to death all at once, the nations who have heard about your power will say, ¹⁶ ‘The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he ·promised [swore to] them. So he ·killed [slaughtered] them in the ·desert [wilderness].’

¹⁷ “So show your strength now, Lord. Do what you said: