^{15 Ref} forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the `son' of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

^{16 Ref} but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

^{17 Ref} These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.