Psalms 106:22-37
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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.
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34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
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35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
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36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
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37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,