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

^{16 Ref} but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with man's voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.

^{17 Ref} These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.