Pentateuch of defiance against God. This in particular tends to tell against Kaplerud’s view. In Ps 106:32–33 it is claimed that Moses spoke rash words, and this supports the view that the speech of v 10b is the root of the problem. The form of the Phinehas tradition in this psalm suggests that it is not a very late text (contrast Num 25:6–18), and it seems likely that the author knew it and is here giving flesh to those “rash words.” The speech is uncalled for, and implies a claim that they, not