Jehovah proposes to strike the people with pestilence, but Moses intercedes, and God declares that they will become wanderers in the wilderness for 40 years ​ — until those numbered have died.
दुसऱ्‍या दिवशी इस्राएल लोकांची सर्व मंडळी मोशे व अहरोन यांच्याविरुद्ध कुरकूर करू लागते.