Numbers 14:13-15

International Standard Version

Moses Intercedes for Israel

¹³ But Moses responded to the Lord, “When Egypt hears that you’ve brought this people out from among them with a mighty demonstration of power,^{[a] 14} they’ll also proclaim to the inhabitants of this land that they’ve heard you’re among this people, Lord, whom they’ve seen face to face,^[b] since your cloud stands guard over them. You’ve guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ But if you slaughter this people all at the same time,^[c] then the nations who heard about your fame^[d] will say,