that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught As we should say "who adhere to the practice taught by Balaam, of eating.…" It is called doctrine, because it is a thing that was taughtthe words are cognate and correlative. For the fact of Israel being taught such practices, see Numbers 25:1-2: for Balaam's responsibility, ibid. Numbers 31:16. That of Balac is not directly mentioned in the Pentateuch, but is naturally inferred, as we find Moab and Midian united throughout the story.

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