Rebellion and Idolatry in the Wilderness

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¶ They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

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But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

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And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

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They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

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And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

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They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

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Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

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They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

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Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

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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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Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

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But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

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Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

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To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

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They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

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Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

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And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

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They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

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Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

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