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.