Numbers 31:16

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Numbers 31:16 (WEB)
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.

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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.25Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“For this man (Balaam), when he speaks no longer in the Spirit of God, but contrary to God’s law, by setting up a different law with regard to fornication, is certainly not then to be counted as a prophet, but as a soothsayer.” — editor's note: Num. xxxi. 16.
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