⁵ The people spoke against God and Moses, “^(A)Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no ^[a]food and no water, and ^[b](B)we loathe this miserable food.”

The Sin of Peor

25 While Israel remained at ^(A)Shittim, the people began ^(B)to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab. ² For ^(C)they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. ³ So ^(D)Israel joined themselves to ^[a]Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry against Israel.