Psalms 106:30-40

30 Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, and the plague was stopped.
31 And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
32 They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
33 for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke words that were rash.
34 They did not destroy the peoples, as the Lord commanded them,
35 but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.
36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus they became unclean by their acts, and prostituted themselves in their doings.
40 Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

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