Numbers 14:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ But Moses said to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by your power you brought this people out from their midst. ¹⁴ They will report it to the people of this land. They have heard that you, O Lord, are in the midst of this people, for you, O Lord, are seen face to face. Your cloud stands over them, and you go before them as a cloud by day and as a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ Now if you kill this people as if it were a single man, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say,