16 Look! They are the ones who, by Baʹlaam’s word, served to induce the sons of Israel to commit unfaithfulness*+ toward Jehovah over the affair of Peʹor,+ so that the scourge came upon the assembly of Jehovah.+

19 And now let my lord the king, please, listen to the words of his servant: If it is Jehovah that has incited you against me, let him smell a grain offering.+ But if it is the sons of man,*+ they are cursed before Jehovah,+ because they have driven me out today from feeling myself attached to the inheritance of Jehovah,+ saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’+

17 Now I exhort YOU, brothers, to keep your eye on those who cause divisions+ and occasions for stumbling contrary to the teaching+ that YOU have learned, and avoid them.+