13. But they soon forgot all he had done;they had no patience for his plan.
14. In the desert they gave in to their cravings,tempted God in the wasteland.
15. So he gave them what they askedand sent a wasting disease against them.
16. In the camp they challenged Mosesand Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17. The earth opened and swallowed Dathan,it closed on the followers of Abiram.
18. Against their company the fire blazed;flames consumed the wicked.
19. At Horeb they fashioned a calf,worshiped a metal statue.
20. They exchanged their gloryfor the image of a grass-eating bull.
21. They forgot the God who had saved them,who had done great deeds in Egypt,
22. Amazing deeds in the land of Ham,fearsome deeds at the Red Sea.
23. He would have decreed their destruction,had not Moses, his chosen one,Withstood him in the breachto turn back his destroying anger.