13. As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel.
14. And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place.
15. And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls.
16. And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17. The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram.
18. And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners.
19. And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image.
20. And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.
21. They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt:
22. miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.
23. And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.
24. And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word.
25. And they murmured in their tabernacles. They did not heed the voice of the Lord.