19. At Horeb your peoplemade and worshipped the statue
20. of a bull, instead of you,their glorious God.
21. You worked powerful miraclesto save them from Egypt,but they forgot about you
22. and the fearsome thingsyou did at the Red Sea.
23. You were angry and startedto destroy them,but Moses, your chosen leader,begged you not to do it.
24. They would not trustyou, Lord,and they did not likethe promised land.
25. They would not obey you,and they grumbledin their tents.
26. So you threatened themby saying, “I'll kill youout here in the desert!
27. I'll scatter your childreneverywhere in the world.”