¹⁴ then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an ^[a]abomination was committed among you,

¹³ Then the children of Israel ^(A)sent ^(B)Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead,

¹⁶ “Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord: ‘What ^(A)treachery^[a] is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, ^(B)that you might rebel this day against the Lord?