Psalms 106:18-28

18 fire came down on their followers and burned up those wicked people.
19 They made a gold bull-calf at Sinai 1 and worshiped that idol;
20 they exchanged the glory of God for the image of an animal that eats grass.
21 They forgot the God who had saved them by his mighty acts in Egypt.
22 What wonderful things he did there! What amazing things at the Red Sea!
23 When God said that he would destroy his people, his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God and kept his anger from destroying them.
24 Then they rejected the pleasant land, 2 because they did not believe God's promise.
25 They stayed in their tents and grumbled and would not listen to the Lord.
26 So he gave them a solemn warning that he would make them die in the desert
27 and scatter their descendants among the heathen, 3 letting them die in foreign countries.
28 Then at Peor, God's people joined in the worship of Baal 4 and ate sacrifices offered to dead gods.

Cross References 4

  • 1. 106.19-23Exodus 32.1-14.
  • 2. 106.24-26Numbers 14.1-35.
  • 3. 106.27Leviticus 26.33.
  • 4. 106.28-31Numbers 25.1-13.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.