²³ Therefore ^(A)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his ^(B)chosen one,
^(C)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

²⁹ they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
³⁰ Then ^(A)Phinehas stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was stayed.