“They are messengers from King Balak of Moab,” Balaam answered. “He sent them
During the night, God asked Balaam, “Who are these people at your house?”
to ask me to go to Moab and put a curse on the people who have come there from Egypt. They have settled everywhere around him, and he wants to run them off.”
including Balaam son of Beor and the five Midianite kings, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba.