15 So he gave them what they askedand sent a wasting disease against them.
16 In the camp they challenged Mosesand Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
17 The earth opened and swallowed Dathan,it closed on the followers of Abiram.
18 Against their company the fire blazed;flames consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they fashioned a calf,worshiped a metal statue.
20 They exchanged their gloryfor the image of a grass-eating bull.
21 They forgot the God who had saved them,who had done great deeds in Egypt,