22. amazing feats in the land of Ham,mighty acts by the Red Sea.
23. He threatened to destroy them,but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with himand turned back his destructive anger.
24. They rejected the fruitful land;they did not believe his promise.
25. They grumbled in their tents;they did not obey the Lord.
26. So he made a solemn vowthat he would make them die in the desert,
27. make their descendants die among the nations,and scatter them among foreign lands.
28. They worshiped Baal of Peor,and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29. They made the Lord angry by their actions,and a plague broke out among them.
30. Phinehas took a stand and intervened,and the plague subsided.
31. This brought him a reward,an eternal gift.