24. They refused ⌊to enter⌋ the pleasant land.They did not believe what he said.
25. They complained in their tents.They did not obey the Lord.
26. Raising his hand, he sworethat he would kill them in the wilderness,
27. kill their descendants among the nations,and scatter them throughout various lands.
28. They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor,and they ate what was sacrificed to the dead.
29. They infuriated God by what they did,and a plague broke out among them.
30. Then Phinehas stood between God and the people,and the plague was stopped.
31. Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever,throughout every generation.
32. They made God angry by the water at Meribah.Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did,
33. since they made him bitter so that he spoke recklessly.
34. They did not destroy the people as the Lord had told them.
35. Instead, they intermarried with other nations.They learned to do what other nations did,
36. and they worshiped their idols,which became a trap for them.
37. They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
38. They shed innocent blood,the blood of their own sons and daughterswhom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.The land became polluted with blood.