Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’
Joshua 13:22 - Y'all Version Bible The children of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Balaam son of Beor, the soothsayer, the Israelites also killed with the sword among the rest of their slain. [Num. 31:16.] American Standard Version (1901) Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain. Common English Bible In addition to those others slain, the Israelites killed the fortune-teller Balaam, Beor’s son, with the sword. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Israel killed Balaam, the son of Beor, the seer, with the sword, along with the others who were slain. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain. |
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’
When Balaam saw that it pleased YHWH to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to use divination, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Now, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you on what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”
They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
The border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and its villages.
Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed into the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
The beast was seized, and with it the false prophet who made the signs in its presence and deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
But I have few things against you: you have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.