Deu 23:4, Judg 3:8 | 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.

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.

Judges 3:8

8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, ^dand he sold them into the hand of ^eCushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.