27. make their descendants fall among the nationsand scatter them throughout the lands.
28. They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peorand ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29. they aroused the Lord’s anger by their wicked deeds,and a plague broke out among them.
30. But Phinehas stood up and intervened,and the plague was checked.
31. This was credited to him as righteousnessfor endless generations to come.