By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor,<n id="1" /> who loved the wages of unrighteousness,<n id="2" />

Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain&#8217;s path,<n id="1" /> and because of greed<n id="2" /> have abandoned themselves<n id="3" /> to<n id="4" /> Balaam&#8217;s error; hence,<n id="5" /> they will certainly perish<n id="6" /> in Korah&#8217;s rebellion.

But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam,<n id="1" /> who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block<n id="2" /> before the people<n id="3" /> of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.<n id="4" />