Numbers 14:11

“And the Lord said unto Moses, etc.] Out of the cloud upon the tabernacle: how long will this people provoke me? which suggests that they had often provoked him, and had done it long ago, and still continued to do so; and he had long bore their provocations; but it was not reasonable, nor could it be expected by Moses or any other, that he would bear them much longer, and how long will it be ere they believe me; unbelief was a sin they had often and long been guilty of, and which greatly prevailed among them, and was the root of all their murmurings, mutiny, and rebellion; and what was highly provoking to the Lord, since they ought to have believed him, and that he was able to make good, and…”

“14:11 God marveled that Israel had not yet learned to trust him, even after he had miraculously rescued them from slavery and provided for their needs as they traveled in the wilderness (cp. Deut 4:32-40; Matt 11:21; Luke 10:13).”

“How long will this: Num 14:27; Exo 10:3, Exo 16:28; Pro 1:22; Jer 4:14; Hos 8:5; Zac 8:14; Mat 17:17 provoke: Num 14:23; Deu 9:7, Deu 9:8, Deu 9:22, Deu 9:23; Psa 95:8; Heb 3:8, Heb 3:16 believe me: Deu 1:32; Psa 78:22, Psa 78:32, Psa 78:41, Psa 78:42, Psa 106:24; Mar 9:19; Joh 10:38, Joh 12:37; Joh 15:24; Heb 3:18 Numbers 14:12”

“Intercession of Moses. - Num 14:11, Num 14:12. Jehovah resented the conduct of the people as base contempt of His deity, and as utter mistrust of Him, notwithstanding all the signs which He had wrought in the midst of the nation; and declared that He would smite the rebellious people with pestilence, and destroy them, and make of Moses a greater and still mightier people. This was just what He had done before, when the rebellion took place at Sinai ( Exo 32:10). But Moses, as a servant who was faithful over the whole house of God, and therefore sought not his own honour, but the honour of his God alone, stood in the breach on this occasion also ( Psa 106:23), with a similar intercessory…”