13. The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead.
14. They sent 10 leaders with him — one family leader for each tribe of Israel. All of them were heads of their families among the clans of Israel.
15. They went to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and told them,
16. “This is what the Lord’s entire community says: ‘What is this treachery you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, so that you are in rebellion against the Lord today?
17. Wasn’t the sin of Peor, which brought a plague on the Lord’s community, enough for us, so that we have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day,