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Numbers 22:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

he sent messengers to Balaam  son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people.  , Balak said to him, ‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt; they cover the surface of the land  and are living right opposite me.

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This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt, and because Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim was hired to curse you.


My people, remember what King Balak of Moab   proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove  , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.


Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab,  set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,


Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain,  have plunged into Balaam’s error  for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.


But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam,   who taught Balak to place a stumbling block   in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols   and to commit sexual immorality.


Along with those the Israelites put to death, they also killed the diviner, Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.


Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, put a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel! ’


I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth,  so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.


They covered the surface of the whole land so that the land was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on the trees or the plants in the field throughout the land of Egypt.


Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings #– #Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian.  They also killed Balaam son of Beor  with the sword.


Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves  you.





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