17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
         And engulfed the company of Abiram.

18And a fire blazed up in their company;
         The flame consumed the wicked.

19They made a calf in Horeb
         And worshiped a molten image.

20Thus they exchanged their glory
         For the image of an ox that eats grass.

21They forgot God their Savior,
         Who had done great things in Egypt,

22Wonders in the land of Ham
         And awesome things by the Red Sea.

23Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
         Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him,
         To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

24Then they despised the pleasant land;
         They did not believe in His word,

25But grumbled in their tents;
         They did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

26Therefore He swore to them
         That He would cast them down in the wilderness,

27And that He would cast their seed among the nations
         And scatter them in the lands.

28They joined themselves also to Baal-peor,
         And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

29Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
         And the plague broke out among them.

30Then Phinehas stood up and interposed,
         And so the plague was stayed.

31And it was reckoned to him for righteousness,
         To all generations forever.

32They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah,
         So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

33Because they were rebellious against His Spirit,
         He spoke rashly with his lips.

34They did not destroy the peoples,
         As the LORD commanded them,

35But they mingled with the nations
         And learned their practices,

36And served their idols,
         Which became a snare to them.

37They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

38And shed innocent blood,
         The blood of their sons and their daughters,
         Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
         And the land was polluted with the blood.

39Thus they became unclean in their practices,
         And played the harlot in their deeds.

40Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people
         And He abhorred His inheritance.

41Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,
         And those who hated them ruled over them.

42Their enemies also oppressed them,
         And they were subdued under their power.

43Many times He would deliver them;
         They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,
         And so sank down in their iniquity.

44Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
         When He heard their cry;

45And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
         And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

46He also made them objects of compassion
         In the presence of all their captors.

47Save us, O LORD our God,
         And gather us from among the nations,
         To give thanks to Your holy name
         And glory in Your praise.

48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
         From everlasting even to everlasting.
         And let all the people say, “Amen.”
         Praise the LORD!

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American Standard Version
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.

Darby Bible Translation
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;

English Revised Version
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

Webster's Bible Translation
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

World English Bible
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

Young's Literal Translation
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