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.