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2 Peter 2:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path  and have followed the path of Balaam,  the son of Bosor,  who loved the wages of wickedness

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But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam,   who taught Balak to place a stumbling block   in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols   and to commit sexual immorality.


Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain,  have plunged into Balaam’s error  for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.


‘Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the Lord in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the Lord’s community.


because they did not meet the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam against them to curse them,  but our God turned the curse into a blessing.


My people, remember what King Balak of Moab   proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove  , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.


They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions  while they feast with you.


and said, ‘You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil  and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths  of the Lord?


Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst, his body burst open and his intestines spilled out.


Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.


Ephraim, why should I  have anything more to do with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing pine tree; your fruit comes from me.


But as for me, I will not show pity or spare them.  I will bring their conduct down on their own heads.’


He replied, ‘I have not ruined Israel, but you and your father’s family have, because you have abandoned the Lord’s commands  and followed the Baals.


‘As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you.  I will teach you the good and right way.


Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and she asked Balaam, ‘What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times? ’


When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing on the path with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into the field. So Balaam hit her to return her to the path.


He replied, ‘I have been very zealous  for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant,  torn down your altars,  and killed your prophets  with the sword. I alone am left,  and they are looking for me to take my life.’


The angel of the Lord asked him, ‘Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you, because I consider what you are doing to be evil.


‘This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.’





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