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.
31. And it was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.
32. They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account;
33. Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.
34. They did not destroy the peoples, As the Lord commanded them,
35. But they mingled with the nations And learned their practices,
36. And served their idols, Which became a snare to them.