Deuteronomy 9:25-29 - Moses' Plea On Behalf Of The Lord's Reputation
25 And I fell down before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, that I had thrown myself down, for Jehovah had said to destroy you. 26 I prayed therefore to Jehovah and said, O, Lord God, do not destroy Your people and Your inheritance which You have redeemed through Your greatness, which You have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin, 28 lest the land from where You bring us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are Your people and Your inheritance which You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your stretched-out arm.