CAB(i)
13 They made haste, they forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel.
14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry land.
15 And He gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls.
16 They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burned up the sinners.
19 And they made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the graven image,
20 and they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that feeds on grass.
21 They forgot God that saved them, who had done great deeds in Egypt;
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things at the Red Sea.
23 So He said that He would have destroyed them, had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, to turn Him away from the fierceness of His anger, so that He should not destroy them.
24 Moreover they despised the desirable land, and did not believe His word.
25 And they murmured in their tents; they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.
26 So He lifted up His hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness;
27 and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
28 They were joined also to Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked Him with their deeds;
29 and destruction was multiplied among them.
30 Then Phinehas stood up and made atonement, and the plague ceased.
31 And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations forever.
32 They provoked Him also at the Water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;
33 for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.