23. Then said he, He would them destroy,had not, his wrath to stay,His chosen Moses stood in breach,that them he should not slay.
24. Yea, they despis'd the pleasant land,believed not his word:
25. But in their tents they murmured,not heark'ning to the Lord.
26. Therefore in desert them to slayhe lifted up his hand:
27. 'Mong nations to o'erthrow their seed,and scatter in each land.
28. They unto Baal-peor didthemselves associate;The sacrifices of the deadthey did profanely eat.
29. Thus, by their lewd inventions,they did provoke his ire;And then upon them suddenlythe plague brake in as fire.
30. Then Phin'has rose, and justice did,and so the plague did cease;
31. That to all ages counted wasto him for righteousness.
32. And at the waters, where they strove,they did him angry make,In such sort, that it fared illwith Moses for their sake:
33. Because they there his spirit meekprovoked bitterly,So that he utter'd with his lipswords unadvisedly.
34. Nor, as the Lord commanded them,did they the nations slay: