22. Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea.
23. Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
24. Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word,
25. But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26. Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,
27. And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands.
28. They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29. Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.
30. Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, And so the plague was stayed.