20 And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too. 21 Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dusty and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.z

22 You also made the Lord angrya at Taberah,b at Massahc and at Kibroth Hattaavah.d

23 And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea,e he said, “Go up and take possessionf of the land I have given you.” But you rebelledg against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trusth him or obey him. 24 You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.i

25 I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nightsj because the Lord had said he would destroy you.k 26 I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people,l your own inheritancem that you redeemedn by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.o 27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornnessp of this people, their wickedness and their sin. 28 Otherwise, the countryq from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,r he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’s 29 But they are your people,t your inheritanceu that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.v”