Psalms 106:23-27

Therefore He said that He would destroy them, If Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Then they rejected the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.

Therefore He swore to them That He would have them fall in the wilderness,

And that He would bring down their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.