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- When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD,
- The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.
- And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked.
- They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image.
- Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.
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- They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
- Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea.
- Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
- Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word,
- But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
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- Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness,
- And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands.
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