10. He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them,and rescued them from the power of the enemy.
11. The water covered their enemies;not even one of them survived.
12. They believed his promises;they sang praises to him.
13. They quickly forgot what he had done;they did not wait for his instructions.
14. In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat;they challenged God in the desert.
15. He granted their request,then struck them with a disease.
16. In the camp they resented Moses,and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.
17. The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;it engulfed the group led by Abiram.
18. Fire burned their group;the flames scorched the wicked.
19. They made an image of a calf at Horeb,and worshiped a metal idol.
20. They traded their majestic Godfor the image of an ox that eats grass.
21. They rejected the God who delivered them,the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,
22. amazing feats in the land of Ham,mighty acts by the Red Sea.
23. He threatened to destroy them,but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with himand turned back his destructive anger.