24Then theydespisedוַֽ֭יִּמְאֲסוּVai.yim.'a.suH3988thepleasantחֶמְדָּ֑הchem.DahH2532landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776; Theydid not believeהֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּhe.'e.Mi.nuH539in His wordלִדְבָרֽוֹ׃lid.va.RoH1697,
25Butgrumbledוַיֵּרָגְנ֥וּvai.ye.ra.ge.NuH7279in their tentsבְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֑םve.'o.ho.lei.HemH168;They did not listenשָׁ֝מְע֗וּSham.'UH8085to the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
26Therefore Hesworeוַיִּשָּׂ֣א יָד֣וֹvai.yi.Sa' ya.DoH5375H3027to themThat He would castH5307them downH5307in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057,
27And that He wouldcastוּלְהַפִּ֣ילu.le.ha.PilH5307their seedזַ֭רְעָםZar.'omH2233among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִ֑םba.go.YimH1471Andscatterוּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗םu.le.za.ro.TamH2219them in the landsבָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ra.TzotH776.
28Theyjoinedוַ֭יִּצָּ֣מְדוּvai.yi.Tza.me.duH6775themselves also toBaal-peorH1187,And ateוַ֝יֹּאכְל֗וּvai.yo.khe.LuH398sacrificesזִבְחֵ֥יziv.CheiH2077offered to the deadמֵתִֽים׃me.TimH4191.
29Thus theyprovokedH3707Himto angerוַ֭יַּכְעִיסוּVai.yakh.'i.suH3707with their deedsבְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֑םbe.ma.'a.lei.HemH4611,And the plagueמַגֵּפָֽה׃ma.ge.FahH4046brokeוַתִּפְרָץ־va.tif.rotz-H6555out among them.
30Then Phinehasפִּֽ֭ינְחָסPin.chosH6372stoodוַיַּעֲמֹ֣דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975up and interposedוַיְפַלֵּ֑לvay.fa.LelH6419, And so theplagueהַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃ha.ma.ge.FahH4046was stayedוַ֝תֵּעָצַ֗רva.te.'a.TzarH6113.
31And it wasreckonedוַתֵּחָ֣שֶׁבva.te.Cha.shevH2803to him for righteousnessלִצְדָקָ֑הlitz.da.KahH6666,To allלְדֹ֥רle.DorH1755generationsוָ֝דֹ֗רva.DorH1755foreverעַד־ עוֹלָֽם׃'ad- o.LamH5704H5769.
32They alsoprovokedH7107Himto wrathH7107at the watersמֵ֥יmeiH4325ofMeribahמְרִיבָ֑הme.ri.VahH4809, So that itwentH7489hardH7489with Mosesלְ֝מֹשֶׁ֗הle.mo.ShehH4872on their accountבַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃ba.'a.vu.RamH5668;
33Becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588theywere rebelliousהִמְר֥וּhim.RuH4784againstH854His Spiritרוּח֑וֹru.ChoH7307,He spokeH981rashlyוַ֝יְבַטֵּ֗אvay.va.Te'H981with his lipsבִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃bis.fa.TavH8193.
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