Deu 23:4, Neh 13:2 | 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.

Nehemiah 13:2

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.