15. So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.
16. When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
17. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.
18. And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.
19. They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image.
20. Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.
21. They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
22. Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea.
23. Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
24. Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word,
25. But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.