17. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
18. And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
19. They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
20. Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
21. They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
22. Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things by the Red Sea.
23. Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24. Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
25. But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
26. Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
27. And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
28. They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29. Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
30. Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
31. And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.