8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, ^pEvi, Rekem, ^qZur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. ^rAnd they also killed ^sBalaam the son of Beor with the sword.

16 Behold, these, ^won Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in ^xthe incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the Lord.

3 ^s“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever, 4 because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they ^thired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God ^uloved you.

22 ^yBalaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was ^zkilled with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain.

9 ⁿThen Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and invited Balaam the son of Beor to curse you, 10 but I would not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand.

2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, ^cbut hired Balaam against them to curse them—^dyet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed ^gthe way of ^hBalaam, the son of Beor, who loved ⁱgain from wrongdoing,

11 Woe to them! For they walked in ^xthe way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to ^yBalaam’s ^zerror and perished in ^aKorah’s rebellion.

14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold ^ethe teaching of ^fBalaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to ^gidols and practice ^hsexual immorality.