⁴ So Moab said to ^(A)the elders of Midian, “Now this company will ^[a]lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

⁸ They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed—^(A)Evi, Rekem, ^(B)Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. ^(C)Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword.

¹⁵ And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of ^(A)Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house in Midian.

¹⁶ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^17 (B)“Harass the Midianites, and ^[a]attack them; ¹⁸ for they harassed you with their ^(C)schemes^[b] by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”

²⁵ And now, are you any better than ^(A)Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Did he ever fight against them?

^21 (A)all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, ^(B)whom Moses had struck ^(C)with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country. ²² The children of Israel also killed with the sword ^(D)Balaam the son of Beor, the ^[a]soothsayer, among those who were killed by them.

⁷ So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with ^(A)the diviner’s fee in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.

² Now ^(A)Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.