⁵ he sent messengers to Balaam^(A) son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people.^[a][b] Balak said to him, “Look, a people has come out of Egypt; they cover the surface of the land^(B) and are living right across from me.

¹⁵ They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path^(A) and have followed the path of Balaam,^(B) the son of Bosor,^[a] who loved the wages of wickedness^(C)