Numbers 14:17-20

NSB(i) 17 »Jehovah, let your power be as great as when you said, 18 »Jehovah is patient, forever loving; He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience. He never lets the guilty go unpunished. In fact he punishes children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation. 19 »By your great love, please forgive these people’s sins, as you have forgiven them from the time they left Egypt until now.« 20 Jehovah said: »I forgive them, as you have asked.