20 Thus they turned their glory: into the similitude of a calf
that eateth hay.
21 And they forgat God their Saviour: who had done so great things
in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham: and fearful things by the
Red sea.
23 So he said, he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his
chosen stood before him in the gap: to turn away his wrathful
indignation, lest he should destroy them.
24 Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land: and gave no
credence unto his word;
25 But murmured in their tents: and hearkened not unto the voice
of the Lord.
26 Then lift he up his hand against them: to overthrow them in the
wilderness;
27 To cast out their seed among the nations: and to scatter them
in the lands.
28 They joined themselves unto Baal-peor: and ate the offerings
of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions: and
the plague was great among them.