Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 31:16:

• Kupsabiny: “Those women were the ones that followed the words of Balaam to deceive the people of Israel to disobey God at Peor. Those women made a plague come to the people of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “They listened to the words of Balaam and caused the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD at Peor. Because of this a plague came among the LORD’s people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They were the ones who followed the counsel of Balaam to entice/urge the Israelinhon to reject the LORD there in Peor, and because of this the plague struck/(lit. came) the community of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They are the ones who did what Balaam suggested and urged/persuaded our people to worship Baal instead of Yahweh. As a result, Yahweh caused a plague to strike his people while they were at Peor.” (Source: Translation for Translators)