^16 (A)Behold, these ^[a]caused the sons of Israel, through the ^[b]counsel of ^(B)Balaam, to ^[c]trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the Lord.

¹⁵ forsaking ^(A)the right way, they have gone astray, having followed ^(B)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^(C)the wages of unrighteousness;

¹⁴ But ^(A)I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the ^(B)teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, ^(C)to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.