⁸ They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed—^(A)Evi, Rekem, ^(B)Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. ^(C)Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword.

¹⁶ Look, ^(A)these women caused the children of Israel, through the ^(B)counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and ^(C)there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

^4 (A)because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and ^(B)because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^[a]Mesopotamia, to curse you.

²² The children of Israel also killed with the sword ^(A)Balaam the son of Beor, the ^[a]soothsayer, among those who were killed by them.

⁹ Then ^(A)Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and ^(B)sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

Principles of Separation^(A)

13 On that day ^(B)they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written ^(C)that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God,

² because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but ^(A)hired Balaam against them to curse them. ^(B)However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

¹⁵ They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of ^(A)Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;