21. They forgot the God of their saving health, who had done great things in Egypt,
22. wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things upon the Red sea.
23. Therefore 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 despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his word:
25. But murmured in their tents and did not hearken unto the voice of the Lord.
26. Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness,
27. to overthrow their seed also among the Gentiles, and to scatter them in the lands.
28. They also joined themselves unto Baalpeor and ate the sacrifices for the dead.
29. Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions; and the plague broke in upon them.
30. Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed.
31. And that was counted unto him for righteousness from generation to generation for evermore.
32. They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33. Because they provoked his spirit to rebel, and he spoke it with his lips.
34. They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
35. But were mingled among the Gentiles and learned their works.
36. And they served their idols, which were a snare unto them.
37. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils
38. and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.