⁴ The Moabites^(A) said to the elders of Midian,^(B) “This horde is going to lick up everything^(C) around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.^(D)”

So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

⁸ Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba^(A)—the five kings of Midian.^(B) They also killed Balaam son of Beor^(C) with the sword.^(D)

¹⁵ And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi^(A) daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.^(B)

¹⁶ The Lord said to Moses,^{(C) 17} “Treat the Midianites^(D) as enemies^(E) and kill them.^{(F) 18} They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident^(G) involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”

⁷ The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them the fee for divination.^(A) When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.

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