Deuteronomy 9:23-25

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²³ Then the Lord sent you away from Kadesh Barnea and said, “Go up and ·take [possess] the land I have given you.” But you ·rejected [rebelled against] the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust him or ·obey him [^Llisten to his voice; Num. 13–14]. ²⁴ You have ·refused to obey [rebelled against] the Lord as long as I have^[a] known you.

²⁵ The Lord had said he would destroy you, so I threw myself down in front of him for those forty days and forty nights.