16 In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.(A)
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it covered the assembly of Abiram.(B)
18 Fire blazed throughout their assembly;
flames consumed the wicked.(C)

19 At Horeb they made a calf
and worshiped the cast metal image.(D)
20 They exchanged their glory[a][b]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.(E)
21 They forgot God their Savior,
who did great things in Egypt,(F)
22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,[c]
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.(G)
23 So he said he would have destroyed them—
if Moses his chosen one
had not stood before him in the breach
to turn his wrath away from destroying them.(H)

24 They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe his promise.(I)
25 They grumbled in their tents
and did not listen to the Lord.(J)
26 So he raised his hand against them with an oath
that he would make them fall in the desert(K)
27 and would disperse their descendants[d]
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.(L)

28 They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.[e](M)
29 They angered the Lord with their deeds,
and a plague broke out against them.(N)
30 But Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stopped.(O)
31 It was credited to him as righteousness
throughout all generations to come.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. 106:20 Alt Hb tradition reads his glory, or my glory
  2. 106:20 = God
  3. 106:22 = Egypt
  4. 106:27 Syr; MT reads would make their descendants fall
  5. 106:28 Lit sacrifices for dead ones

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