Deu 23:4, Jos 13:22, 24:9, Neh 13:1-2, Mic 6:5, 2Pe 2:15-16 | ESV | STEP | because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way , when you came out of Egypt , and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia , to curse you.

a[ch. 2:29]

b Num. 22:5, 6; [2 Pet. 2:15]

c Acts 7:2

d[See ver. 21 above]

e[Judg. 11:25]

f Num. 22:5; Deut. 23:4

g ch. 8:3, 8, 9, 18; 9:3; [Deut. 31:11, 12; 2 Kgs. 23:2]

hSee Deut. 23:3-5

iSee Num. 22:5

j Num. 25:1

k[Judg. 5:11]

l Ezek. 14:11

m Num. 22:5, 7; Deut. 23:4; Neh. 13:2; Jude 11; Rev. 2:14

n ver. 13

o Num. 22:21, 23, 28

Deuteronomy 23:4

4 ^abecause they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they ^bhired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^cMesopotamia, to curse you.

Joshua 13:22

22 ^dBalaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain.

Joshua 24:9

9 ^eThen Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. ^fAnd he sent and invited Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,

Nehemiah 13:1-2

Nehemiah’s Final Reforms

1 On that day ^gthey read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written ^hthat no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, 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.

Micah 6:5

5 O my people, remember ⁱwhat Balak king of Moab devised,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from ^jShittim to Gilgal,
that you may know ^kthe righteous acts of the Lord.”

2 Peter 2:15-16

15 Forsaking the right way, ^lthey have gone astray. They have followed ^mthe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ⁿgain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^oa speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.