¹³ But they soon ^(A)forgot his works;
    they did not wait for ^(B)his counsel.
¹⁴ But they had ^(C)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
    and ^(D)put God to the test in the desert;
¹⁵ he ^(E)gave them what they asked,
    but sent ^(F)a wasting disease among them.

¹⁶ When men in the camp ^(G)were jealous of Moses
    and Aaron, ^(H)the holy one of the Lord,
^17 (I)the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
    and covered the company of Abiram.
^18 (J)Fire also broke out in their company;
    the flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They ^(K)made a calf in Horeb
    and worshiped a metal image.
²⁰ They ^(L)exchanged the glory of God^[a]
    for the image of an ox that eats grass.
²¹ They ^(M)forgot God, their Savior,
    who had done great things in Egypt,
²² wondrous works in ^(N)the land of Ham,
    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
²³ Therefore ^(O)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(P)chosen one,
^(Q)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁴ Then they ^(R)despised ^(S)the pleasant land,
    having ^(T)no faith in his promise.
²⁵ They ^(U)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
²⁶ Therefore he ^(V)raised his hand and swore to them
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
²⁷ and would make their offspring fall among the nations,
    ^(W)scattering them among the lands.

²⁸ Then they ^(X)yoked themselves to the ^(Y)Baal of Peor,
    and ate sacrifices offered to ^(Z)the dead;
²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(AA)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.
³¹ And that was ^(AB)counted to him as righteousness
    from generation to generation forever.