²⁴ Then they despised^(A) the pleasant land;^(B)
    they did not believe^(C) his promise.
²⁵ They grumbled^(D) in their tents
    and did not obey the Lord.
²⁶ So he swore^(E) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^(F)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter^(G) them throughout the lands.

²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^(H)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
²⁹ they aroused the Lord’s anger^(I) by their wicked deeds,^(J)
    and a plague^(K) broke out among them.
³⁰ But Phinehas^(L) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.^(M)
31 This was credited to him^(N) as righteousness
    for endless generations^(O) to come.