⁸ Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba^(A)—the five kings of Midian.^(B) They also killed Balaam son of Beor^(C) with the sword.^(D)

¹⁶ “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice^(A) and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident,^(B) so that a plague^(C) struck the Lord’s people.