13. The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.
14. They also sent one leader from each of the ten tribes at Shiloh. Each of them was a leader of his family group of Israelites.
15. These leaders went to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said:
16. “All the Israelites ask you: ‘Why did you turn against the God of Israel by building an altar for yourselves? You know that this is against God’s law.
17. Remember what happened at Peor? We still suffer today because of that sin, for which God made many Israelites very sick.
18. And now are you turning against the Lord and refusing to follow him?“ ‘If you don’t stop what you’re doing today, the Lord will be angry with everyone in Israel tomorrow.