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21 (105-21) They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
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They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
22 (105-22) Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
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miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 (105-23) And 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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So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
24 (105-24) And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,
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Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.
25 (105-25) And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.
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They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.
26 (105-26) And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;
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So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27 (105-27) And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
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make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 (105-28) They also were initiated to Beelpheor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 (105-29) And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.
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they aroused the LORD’s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 (105-30) Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter ceased.
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But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.
31 (105-31) And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.
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This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
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