²⁸ They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor^(A)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
²⁹ they aroused the Lord’s anger^(B) by their wicked deeds,^(C)
    and a plague^(D) broke out among them.
³⁰ But Phinehas^(E) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.^(F)
31 This was credited to him^(G) as righteousness
    for endless generations^(H) to come.