Numbers 16:22 Then they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?”
When God said to Moses and Aaron how He would consume the whole congregation, they bowed before God and begged Him not to do so.
The same people who did wrong so many times and rejected God were the people Moses and Aaron were now protecting!
What sort of friend do you think you would be if you were faced with imminent danger?