'Off' in the Bible

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.