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14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some [among you] who are holding to the [corrupt] teaching of Balaam, who taught [a]Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [enticing them] to eat things that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit [acts of sexual] [b]immorality.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:14 The king of Moab in the time of the exodus, who hired Balaam to curse Israel.
  2. Revelation 2:14 Pagan worship often included the use of temple prostitutes who served as “priestesses.”

14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(A) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(B) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(C) and committed sexual immorality.(D)

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