18. Then I fell down like the first time in the presence of the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights; I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and provoking Him to anger.
19. I was afraid of the fierce anger the Lord had directed against you, because He was about to destroy you. But again the Lord listened to me on that occasion.
20. The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time also.
21. I took the sinful calf you had made, burned it up, and crushed it, thoroughly grinding it to powder as fine as dust. Then I threw it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
22. “You continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.
23. When the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, He said, ‘Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not believe or obey Him.
24. You have been rebelling against the Lord ever since I have known you.
25. “I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.