"The people did eat, and bowed down to their gods."--_Numbers 25:2._
YOU heard how Balaam went to Balak; and how God made him bless the
children of Israel when he wanted to curse them. But even this did not
make Balaam good. He wanted Balak to give him a reward; and so he told
him that though no harm could happen to the people of Israel while
they were good and worshipped their God, yet if he could make them do
something wicked, and turn away from their God, then God would be sure
to punish them.