2 Peter 2:15-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ These false teachers ·left [abandoned] the ·right [or straight] road and ·lost their way [wandered away; went astray], following the way Balaam went. Balaam, the son of ·Beor [or Bosor], loved ·being paid for doing wrong [^Lthe wages of unrighteousness; Num. 25; 31:16; Rev. 2:14]. ¹⁶ But a donkey, which cannot talk, ·told Balaam he was sinning [^Lrebuked his wrongdoing]. It spoke with a ·man’s [human] voice and stopped the prophet’s ·crazy thinking [madness; Num. 22:21–35; Jude 11].