26. So he gave them a solemn warningthat he would make them die in the desert
27. and scatter their descendants among the heathen,letting them die in foreign countries.
28. Then at Peor, God's people joined in the worship of Baal,and ate sacrifices offered to dead gods.
29. They stirred up the Lord's anger by their actions,and a terrible disease broke out among them.
30. But Phinehas stood up and punished the guilty,and the plague was stopped.