20 They traded their glorious God for a statue of a bull that eats grass.
21 They forgot the God who saved them. They forgot the One who had done great things in Egypt.
22 They forgot the miracles he did in the land of Ham. They forgot the wonderful things he did by the Red Sea.
23 So he said he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stood up for them. He kept God's anger from destroying them.
24 Later on, they refused to enter the pleasant land of Canaan. They didn't believe God's promise.
25 In their tents they told the Lord how unhappy they were. They didn't obey him.
26 So he lifted up his hand and promised with an oath that he would make them die in the desert.