30. Then Phinehas rose to intervene,and the plague was brought to a halt.
31. This was counted for him as a righteous deedfor all generations to come.
32. At the waters of Meribah they angered God,and Moses suffered because of them.
33. They so embittered his spiritthat rash words crossed his lips.
34. They did not destroy the peoplesas the Lord had commanded them,
35. But mingled with the nationsand imitated their ways.