Balak Sends for Balaam

22 (A)Then the sons of Israel journeyed on, and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho.

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The Sin of Peor

25 While Israel remained at (A)Shittim, the people began (B)to commit infidelity with the daughters of Moab. For (C)they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

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Let the [a]outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the oppressor has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
(A)Oppressors have been removed from the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 16:4 As in most ancient versions; MT My outcasts, as for Moab

26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and (A)all those inhabiting the desert who trim the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (B)uncircumcised of heart.”

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