And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian. — The close alliance which existed between the two nations appears throughout the whole of the narrative.
The rewards of divination. — Literally, the divinations. Some think the meaning to be instruments of divination; but as besorah means not only tidings, but also the reward for tidings (2 Samuel 4:10), so kesamim may mean not only divinations, but also the rewards of divination.