30. Then Phinehas stood up and interceded,and so the plague ceased.
31. That was counted unto him for righteousnessunto all generations forever.
32. They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah,so that Moses suffered because of them,
33. because they provoked his temper,so that he spoke impulsively with his lips.
34. They did not destroy the nationsas the Lord commanded them,
35. but they mixed among the nationsand learned their deeds;
36. they served their idols,which were a snare to them.
37. Yes, they sacrificed their sonsand their daughters to demons,
38. and poured out innocent blood,even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,and the land was polluted with blood.
39. Thus were they defiled by their actsand acted like whores with these actions.