25. But murmured in their tents and did not hearken unto the voice of the Lord.
26. Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness,
27. to overthrow their seed also among the Gentiles, and to scatter them in the lands.
28. They also joined themselves unto Baalpeor and ate the sacrifices for the dead.
29. Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions; and the plague broke in upon them.
30. Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed.
31. And that was counted unto him for righteousness from generation to generation for evermore.