Numbers 22:5
English Standard Version Anglicised
5 (A)sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor (B)at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw,[a] to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.
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- Numbers 22:5 Or his kindred
Numbers 22:5
New International Version
5 sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor,(A) who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River,(B) in his native land. Balak said:
“A people has come out of Egypt;(C) they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
Numbers 22:5
King James Version
5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
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Numbers 22:7
English Standard Version Anglicised
7 So the elders of Moab and (A)the elders of Midian departed with (B)the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.
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Numbers 22:7
New International Version
7 The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them the fee for divination.(A) When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.
Numbers 22:7
King James Version
7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
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Deuteronomy 23:4
English Standard Version Anglicised
4 (A)because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they (B)hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of (C)Mesopotamia, to curse you.
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Deuteronomy 23:4
New International Version
4 For they did not come to meet you with bread and water(A) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam(B) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim[a](C) to pronounce a curse on you.(D)
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- Deuteronomy 23:4 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
Deuteronomy 23:4
King James Version
4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
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Nehemiah 13:2
English Standard Version Anglicised
2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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Nehemiah 13:2
New International Version
2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam(A) to call a curse down on them.(B) (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)(C)
Nehemiah 13:2
King James Version
2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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Jude 11
English Standard Version Anglicised
11 Woe to them! For they walked in (A)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain (B)to Balaam's error and (C)perished in Korah's rebellion.
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Jude 11
New International Version
11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(A) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(B) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(C)
Jude 11
King James Version
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
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Revelation 2:14
English Standard Version Anglicised
14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of (A)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might (B)eat food sacrificed to idols and (C)practise sexual immorality.
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Revelation 2:14
New International Version
Revelation 2:14
King James Version
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
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