22. wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
23. And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24. And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,
25. and they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.
26. And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;
27. And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
28. They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29. And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.
30. Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.
31. And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.