⁴ And Moab said to ^(A)the elders of Midian, “This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

⁸ They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, ^(A)Evi, Rekem, ^(B)Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed ^(C)Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

¹⁵ And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of ^(A)Zur, who was the tribal head of a father's house in Midian.

¹⁶ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^17 (B)“Harass the Midianites and strike them down, ¹⁸ for they have harassed you with their ^(C)wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of ^(D)Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”

³⁸ On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like ^(A)a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord.

²⁵ Now are you any better than ^(A)Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?

²¹ that is, ^(A)all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, ^(B)whom Moses defeated with ^(C)the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. ^22 (D)Balaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain.

⁷ So the elders of Moab and ^(A)the elders of Midian departed with ^(B)the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.

² And ^(A)Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.