Discovery BoxPsalms 106:16-23 
Context106:16 In the camp they resented 1 Moses,
and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest. 2
106:17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;
it engulfed 3 the group led by Abiram. 4
106:18 Fire burned their group;
the flames scorched the wicked. 5
106:19 They made an image of a calf at Horeb,
and worshiped a metal idol.
106:20 They traded their majestic God 6
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
106:21 They rejected 7 the God who delivered them,
the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,
106:22 amazing feats in the land of Ham,
mighty 8 acts by the Red Sea.
106:23 He threatened 9 to destroy them,
but 10 Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him 11
and turned back his destructive anger. 12
1 tn Or “envied.”
2 tn Heb “the holy one of the
3 tn Or “covered.”
4 tn Or “the assembly of Abiram.”
5 sn Verses 16-18 describe the events of Num 16:1-40.
6 tn Heb “their glory.” According to an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition, the text originally read “his glory” or “my glory.” In Jer 2:11 the
7 tn Heb “forgot.”
8 tn Or “awe-inspiring.”
9 tn Heb “and he said.”
10 tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”
11 tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”
12 tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”
sn Verses 19-23 describe the events of Exod 32:1-35.
