22. Amazing deeds in the land of Ham,fearsome deeds at the Red Sea.
23. He would have decreed their destruction,had not Moses, his chosen one,Withstood him in the breachto turn back his destroying anger.
24. Next they despised the beautiful land;they did not believe the promise.
25. In their tents they complained;they did not heed the voice of the Lord.
26. So with raised hand he sworehe would destroy them in the desert,
27. And scatter their descendants among the nations,disperse them in foreign lands.
28. They joined in the rites of Baal of Peor,ate food sacrificed to the dead.
29. They provoked him by their actions,and a plague broke out among them.
30. Then Phinehas rose to intervene,and the plague was brought to a halt.
31. This was counted for him as a righteous deedfor all generations to come.
32. At the waters of Meribah they angered God,and Moses suffered because of them.
33. They so embittered his spiritthat rash words crossed his lips.