25. Instead, they grumbled in their tentsand refused to obey the lord.
26. Therefore, he solemnly sworethat he would kill them in the wilderness,
27. that he would scatter their descendants among the nations,exiling them to distant lands.
28. Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor;they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!
29. They angered the lord with all these things,so a plague broke out among them.
30. But Phinehas had the courage to intervene,and the plague was stopped.
31. So he has been regarded as a righteous manever since that time.
32. At Meribah, too, they angered the lord,causing Moses serious trouble.
33. They made Moses angry,and he spoke foolishly.
34. Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land,as the lord had commanded them.