31 He considered what Phinehas did a good work, and it will be remembered forever and ever.
32 At Meribah the people made the Lord angry and created trouble for Moses.
33 They upset Moses, and he spoke without stopping to think.
34 The Lord told the people to destroy the other nations living in Canaan. But the Israelites did not obey him.
35 They mixed with the other people and did what those people were doing.
36 They began worshiping the false gods those people worshiped. And their idols became a trap.
37 They even offered their own children as sacrifices to demons.