23. You were angry and startedto destroy them,but Moses, your chosen leader,begged you not to do it.
24. They would not trustyou, Lord,and they did not likethe promised land.
25. They would not obey you,and they grumbledin their tents.
26. So you threatened themby saying, “I'll kill youout here in the desert!
27. I'll scatter your childreneverywhere in the world.”
28. Your people became followersof a god named Baal-Peor,and they ate sacrificesoffered to the dead.
29. They did such terrible thingsthat you punished themwith a deadly disease.
30. But Phinehas helped them,and the sickness stopped.
31. Now he will alwaysbe highly honoured.