23. He threatened to destroy them,but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with himand turned back his destructive anger.
24. They rejected the fruitful land;they did not believe his promise.
25. They grumbled in their tents;they did not obey the Lord.
26. So he made a solemn vowthat he would make them die in the desert,
27. make their descendants die among the nations,and scatter them among foreign lands.