7 Choncho akuluakulu a ku Mowabu ndi a ku Midiyani anapita kwa Balamu+ atatenga ndalama zoti akamulipire kuti awawombezere maula, komanso anamuuza zimene Balaki ananena.

25 Pa nthawi imene Aisiraeli ankakhala ku Sitimu,+ anayamba kuchita chiwerewere ndi akazi a ku Mowabu.+ 2 Akaziwo anaitana Aisiraeliwo kuti azikapereka nsembe kwa milungu yawo+ ndipo Aisiraeliwo anayamba kudya nsembezo komanso kugwadira milungu ya Amowabu.+ 3 Choncho Aisiraeli anayamba kulambira nawo Baala wa ku Peori,+ ndipo Yehova anakwiya kwambiri ndi Aisiraeliwo.

17 “Akhaulitseni Amidiyani ndipo muwaphe,+ 18 chifukwa akubweretserani tsoka mochenjera pokukopani kuti muchimwe ku Peori.+ Muwaphe ndithu, chifukwanso cha zochita za mchemwali wawo Kozibi, mwana wa mtsogoleri wa ku Midiyani, amene anaphedwa+ pa tsiku limene mliri unakugwerani chifukwa cha zimene zinachitika ku Peori.”+

8 Komanso tisamachite chiwerewere,* mmene ena a iwo anachitira, nʼkufa anthu 23,000 tsiku limodzi.+

14 Ngakhale zili choncho, ndakupeza ndi milandu ingapo. Iwe kumeneko uli ndi anthu amene akupitiriza kutsatira chiphunzitso cha Balamu,+ amene anaphunzitsa Balaki+ kuti aikire ana a Isiraeli chopunthwitsa kuti adye zoperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano ndi kuchita chiwerewere.*+