Psalms 106:17-33
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17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
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18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
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19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
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20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
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21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
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22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
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23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
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24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
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25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
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26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
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27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
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28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
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30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
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31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
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32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
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33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.