25. They muttered in their tentsand wouldn’t listen to the Lord’s voice.
26. So God raised his hand against them,making them fall in the desert,
27. scattering their offspring among the nations,casting them across many lands.
28. They joined themselves to Baal-peorand ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29. They made God angry by what they did,so a plague broke out against them.
30. Then Phinehas stood up and prayed,and the plague was contained.
31. That’s why Phinehas is considered righteous,generation after generation, forever.
32. But they angered God at Meribah’s waters,and things went badly for Moses because of them,