Add parallel Print Page Options

So he sent messengers to [a]Balaam [a famous prophet-diviner] the son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the [Euphrates] River, in the land of the descendants of his people, to call for him, saying, “There is a people who have come out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 22:5 Balaam had some awareness and knowledge regarding the true God, but he abused the office of prophet.

So the elders of Moab and of Midian departed with fees for divination (foretelling) in hand; and they came to Balaam and told him the words of Balak.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends