14. And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted ·God in the desert.
15. Then he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
16. And they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.
17. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
18. And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
19. They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;
20. And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21. They forgot ·God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,
22. Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
23. And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy them.
24. And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,