24Yea, they despised thepleasantחֶמְדָּ֑הchem.DahH2532landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776, theybelievedהֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּhe.'e.Mi.nuH539notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808hiswordלִדְבָרֽוֹ׃lid.va.RoH1697;
25But murmured in theirtentsבְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֑םve.'o.ho.lei.HemH168, and hearkenednotלֹ֥אlo'H3808unto thevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
26Therefore heliftedH5375upH5375hishandיָד֣וֹya.DoH3027unto them, that he would overthrow them in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057:
27And that he would overthrow theirseedזַ֭רְעָםZar.'omH2233among thenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֑םba.go.YimH1471, andscatterוּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗םu.le.za.ro.TamH2219them in thelandsבָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ra.TzotH776.
28Theyjoinedוַ֭יִּצָּ֣מְדוּvai.yi.Tza.me.duH6775themselves also untoBaal-peorH1187, andateוַ֝יֹּאכְל֗וּvai.yo.khe.LuH398thesacrificesזִבְחֵ֥יziv.CheiH2077of thedeadמֵתִֽים׃me.TimH4191.
29Thus theyprovokedH3707him toangerוַ֭יַּכְעִיסוּVai.yakh.'i.suH3707with theirdoingsבְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֑םbe.ma.'a.lei.HemH4611; and theplagueמַגֵּפָֽה׃ma.ge.FahH4046brake in upon them.
30ThenstoodH5975upH5975Phinehasפִּֽ֭ינְחָסPin.chosH6372, and executedjudgmentוַיְפַלֵּ֑לvay.fa.LelH6419: andsoH5975theplagueהַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃ha.ma.ge.FahH4046wasstayedH5975.
31And that wascountedוַתֵּחָ֣שֶׁבva.te.Cha.shevH2803unto him forrighteousnessלִצְדָקָ֑הlitz.da.KahH6666, untoallלְדֹ֥רle.DorH1755generationsוָ֝דֹ֗רva.DorH1755for evermore.
32They angered him also at thewatersמֵ֥יmeiH4325of Meribah,soבַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃ba.'a.vu.RamH5668that it went ill withMosesלְ֝מֹשֶׁ֗הle.mo.ShehH4872for theirsakesעַל־'al-H5921:
33Becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588they wererebelliousH4784againstH4784hisspiritרוּח֑וֹru.ChoH7307, and he spake unadvisedly with hislipsבִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃bis.fa.TavH8193.
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