The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.
Numbers 31:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings #– #Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba; also Balaam son of Beor they slew with the sword. [Num. 22:31-35; Neh. 13:1, 2.] American Standard Version (1901) And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. Common English Bible They killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian, along with others slain. They also killed Balaam, Beor’s son, with the sword. Catholic Public Domain Version And they put to death by the sword their kings: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five leaders of the nation, and also Balaam the son of Beor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And their kings, Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beor, they killed with the sword. |
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.
A wicked envoy falls into trouble, but a trustworthy courier brings healing.
I see the tents of Cushan in distress; the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.
Balaam replied to God, ‘Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent this message to me:
So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, ‘This horde will devour everything around us like an ox eats up the green plants in the field.’ Since Balak son of Zippor was Moab’s king at that time,
he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. , Balak said to him, ‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt; they cover the surface of the land and are living right opposite me.
Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered even quarter of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my life be like theirs.
Now I am going back to my people, but first, let me warn you what these people will do to your people in the future.’
Balaam then arose and went back to his homeland, and Balak also went his way.
The name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal head of a family in Midian.
For they attacked you with the treachery that they used against you in the Peor incident. They did the same in the case involving their sister Cozbi, daughter of the Midianite leader who was killed the day the plague came at Peor.’
‘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.
The Israelites took the Midianite women and their dependents captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.
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
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.
But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with it the false prophet, who had performed the signs in its presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshipped its image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.
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.