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.
35. Instead, they mingled among the pagansand adopted their evil customs.
36. They worshiped their idols,which led to their downfall.
37. They even sacrificed their sonsand their daughters to the demons.
38. They shed innocent blood,the blood of their sons and daughters.By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan,they polluted the land with murder.
39. They defiled themselves by their evil deeds,and their love of idols was adultery in the lord’s sight.