28. They unto Baal-peor didthemselves associate;The sacrifices of the deadthey did profanely eat.
29. Thus, by their lewd inventions,they did provoke his ire;And then upon them suddenlythe plague brake in as fire.
30. Then Phin'has rose, and justice did,and so the plague did cease;
31. That to all ages counted wasto him for righteousness.
32. And at the waters, where they strove,they did him angry make,In such sort, that it fared illwith Moses for their sake:
33. Because they there his spirit meekprovoked bitterly,So that he utter'd with his lipswords unadvisedly.
34. Nor, as the Lord commanded them,did they the nations slay:
35. But with the heathen mingled were,and learn'd of them their way.
36. And they their idols serv'd, which dida snare unto them turn.
37. Their sons and daughters they to dev'lsin sacrifice did burn.