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.
34. They did not destroy the peoplesas the Lord had commanded them,
35. But mingled with the nationsand imitated their ways.
36. They served their idolsand were ensnared by them.
37. They sacrificed to demonstheir own sons and daughters,
38. Shedding innocent blood,the blood of their own sons and daughters,Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,desecrating the land with bloodshed.