7 Kahoo banna ba baholo ba Moabe le banna ba baholo ba Midiane ba tsamaea ba nkile tefo ea bonohe+ matsohong a bona ’me ba ea ho Balame+ eaba ba mo bolella mantsoe a Balake.

18 hobane ba le tšoenya ka liketso tsa bona tse mano+ tseo ba li entseng khahlanong le lōna ka mano tabeng ea Peore+ le tabeng ea Kozbi+ morali oa morenana oa Midiane, khaitseli ea bona e ileng ea bolaoa+ letsatsing la lefu la seoa tabeng ea Peore.”+

8 Hape re se ke ra tloaela ho etsa bohlola, joalokaha ba bang ba bona ba ile ba etsa bohlola,+ hore feela ba oe, ba likete tse mashome a mabeli a metso e meraro ba bona ka letsatsi le le leng.+

14 “‘Leha ho le joalo, ke na le lintho tse seng kae khahlanong le uena, hore moo u na le ba tšoereng ka tieo thuto ea Balame,+ ea ileng a qala ho ruta Balake+ ho beha khopiso ka pel’a bara ba Iseraele, hore ba je lintho tse hlabetsoeng litšoantšo tse rapeloang le ho etsa bohlola.+