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15 They have abandoned the straight way. They have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor,[a] who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he received a rebuke for his own wrongdoing. A dumb donkey spoke with a man’s voice and put a stop to the prophet’s madness.[b]

17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. The gloom of utter darkness has been reserved for them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:15 Lit. Bosor, perhaps a wordplay (Heb. basar meaning flesh); cf. Num. 22:5.
  2. 2 Peter 2:16 cf. Num. 22:21-35.