Deuteronomy 9:22-26

“Then at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah you kept provoking the Lord to anger.

And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,’ you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God; you neither trusted Him nor listened to His voice.

You have been rebellious toward the Lord since the day I knew you.

“So I fell down before the Lord for the forty days and nights, which I did because the Lord said He would destroy you.

And I prayed to the Lord and said, ‘Lord God, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand!