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.