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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 L
ORD
.
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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 L
ORD
.
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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 Baal-peor, 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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They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the L
ORD
commanded them:
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But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
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And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
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Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
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And shed innocent blood,
even
the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they
sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
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Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own
inventions.
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Therefore was the wrath of the L
ORD
kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred
his own inheritance.
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And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
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Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their
hand.
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Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked
him
with their counsel, and were
brought low for their iniquity.
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Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
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