Then Mosesbecameveryangryand saidto the LORD,"Do not regardtheir offering!I have not takena singledonkeyfrom them, norhave I doneharmto anyof them."
"For I have keptthe waysof the LORD,And have not actedwickedlyagainstmy God.
It cameabout, as soonas Moses camenearthe camp,that he sawthe calfand [the] dancing;and Moses'angerburned,and he threwthe tabletsfrom his handsand shatteredthem at the footof the mountain.
The sacrificeof the wickedis an abomination,Howmuchmorewhenhe bringsit with evilintent!
(Now the manMoseswas veryhumble,morethananymanwhowas on the faceof the earth.)
Mosessaidto Korah,"You and allyour companybe presentbeforethe LORDtomorrow,both you and they along with Aaron.
"But I sayto you that everyonewho is angrywith his brothershall be guiltybefore the court;and whoeversaysto his brother,You good-for-nothing,'shall be guiltybefore the supreme court;and whoeversays,'You fool,'shall be guilty[enough to go] into the fieryhell.
After looking aroundat them with anger,grievedat their hardnessof heart,He saidto the man,"Stretchout your hand."And he stretchedit out, and his handwas restored.
But I have usednoneof these things.And I am not writingthese thingssothat it will be donesoin my case;for it would be betterfor me to diethanhave anyman makemy boastan emptyone.
For our proud confidenceis this:the testimonyof our conscience,that in holinessand godlysincerity,not in fleshlywisdombut in the graceof God,we have conductedourselves in the world,and especiallytowardyou.
Make roomfor us [in your hearts]; we wrongednoone,we corruptedno one,we took advantageof no one.
BE ANGRY,AND [yet] DO NOT SIN;do not let the sungo downon your anger,
You are witnesses,and [so is] God,howdevoutlyand uprightlyand blamelesslywe behavedtoward you believers;
