Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
