14. In the wilderness their desires ran wild,testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
15. So he gave them what they asked for,but he sent a plague along with it.
16. The people in the camp were jealous of Mosesand envious of Aaron, the lord’s holy priest.
17. Because of this, the earth opened up;it swallowed Dathanand buried Abiram and the other rebels.
18. Fire fell upon their followers;a flame consumed the wicked.
19. The people made a calf at Mount Sinai;they bowed before an image made of gold.
20. They traded their glorious Godfor a statue of a grass-eating bull.