12. Then the people believed what the Lord said.They sang praises to him.
13. But they quickly forgot what he had done.They did not wait for his advice.
14. They became greedy for food in the desert.And they tested God there.
15. So he gave them what they wanted.But he also sent a terrible disease among them.
16. The people in the camp became jealous of Mosesand of Aaron, the holy priest of the Lord.
17. Then the ground opened up and swallowed Dathan.It closed over Abiram’s group.
18. Then a fire burned among their followers.Flames burned up the wicked people.
19. The people made a gold calf at Mount Sinai.They worshiped a metal statue.
20. They exchanged their glorious Godfor a statue of a bull, which eats grass.
21. They forgot the God who saved them,who had done great things in Egypt.