¹⁵ Forsaking the right way, ^(A)they have gone astray. They have followed ^(B)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^(C)gain from wrongdoing,

¹⁶ Behold, ^(A)these, ^(B)on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of ^(C)Peor, and so ^(D)the plague came among the congregation of the Lord.