30. But Phinehas prayed to the Lord,and the disease stopped.
31. The Lord will remember that Phinehas did what was right.And God will remember this from now on.
32. The people also made the Lord angry at Meribah.And Moses was in trouble because of them.
33. The people turned against the Spirit of God.So Moses spoke without stopping to think.
34. The people did not destroy the other nationsas the Lord had told them to do.
35. Instead, they mixed with the other nations.And they learned their customs.
36. They worshiped other nations’ idols.And they were trapped by them.