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Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaamf the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

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Num. 22:5• ⁵{i}And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is on the river in the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people is come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the land, and they abide over against me.{/i} (Num. 22:5)

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1 Sam. 12:23• ²³{i}Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you; and I will teach you the good and right way{/i}. (1 Sam. 12:23)

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1 Kings 18:18• ¹⁸{i}And he said,{/i} I have not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed Baalim. (1 Kings 18:18)

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1 Kings 19:10• ¹⁰And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword, and I, even I, only am left, and they seek my life, to take it away. (1 Kings 19:10)

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Ezek. 9:10• ¹⁰And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. (Ezek. 9:10)

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Prov. 28:4• ⁴{i}They that forsake the law praise the wicked;{HR}But such as keep the law contend with them.{/i} (Prov. 28:4)

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Hos. 14:8• ⁸Ephraim shall say, What have I to do anymore with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir-tree. From me is thy fruit found. (Hos. 14:8)

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Acts 13:10• ¹⁰said, O full of all guile and all trickery, devil's son, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the Lord's right ways? (Acts 13:10)

Balaam.

Num. 22:5‑7• ⁵{i}And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is on the river in the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people is come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the land, and they abide over against me.{/i}
⁶{i}And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.{/i}
⁷{i}And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed, having the rewards of divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.{/i} (Num. 22:5‑7)

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Num. 22:18‑21,23,28• ¹⁸{i}And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak,{/i} If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
¹⁹Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will say unto me more.
²⁰{i}Then{/i} God came to Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up and go with them; {i}but only what I shall say unto thee shalt thou do.{/i}
²¹{i}And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.{/i}
²³{i}And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field, and Balaam smote the ass to turn her into the way.{/i}
²⁸{i}And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?{/i} (Num. 22:18‑21,23,28)

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Num. 31:16• ¹⁶{i}Lo, these, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to commit sin against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague on the assembly of Jehovah.{/i} (Num. 31:16)

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Deut. 23:4‑5• ⁴because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, {i}and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.{/i}
⁵{i}But Jehovah thy God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee{/i}. (Deut. 23:4‑5)

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Mic. 6:5• ⁵O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah. (Mic. 6:5)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe unto them! because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed greedily into the error of Balaam's hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. (Jude 11)

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Rev. 2:14• ¹⁴But I have a few things against thee, [because] thou hast there {i}some{/i} {i}that{/i} hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication. (Rev. 2:14)

wages.

Acts 1:18• ¹⁸(This man then obtained a field from wages of [his] iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. (Acts 1:18)

• None that so combined the most glowing and grand anticipations for Israel from Jehovah with the subtlest efforts to ensnare into evil which should compromise and endanger them. Yet had he crafty care for his own interest while pretending to be quite above it. Whatever his words, he loved wages of unrighteousness, but had reproof to his own iniquity, and in a form eminently adapted to appeal to his conscience and to be a continual warning in the east, less skeptical than the west. (“2 Peter 2:12-16” by W. Kelly)

• Balaam of infamous memory, who sold his prophetic gifts for money. He was not the first person to prophesy for hire, for this has always been a custom in idolatrous religions, but he appears to have been the first to offer to prophesy in the name of the Lord for hire. (“2 Peter 2” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;

W. Kelly Translation

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abandoning as they did a straight way, they went astray, following out in the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved wages of unrighteousness,