Num 22:5, 7, 17, Neh 13:2 | ESV | STEP | sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor , which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw , to call him, saying , Behold , a people has come out of Egypt . They cover the face of the earth , and they are dwelling opposite me.

a Deut. 23:4; Josh. 24:9; Neh. 13:2; Mic. 6:5; 2 Pet. 2:15; Jude 11; Rev. 2:14

d[See ver. 4 above]

Numbers 22:5

5 ^asent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor ^bat Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, ^{▼▼Or the people of his kindred} to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.

Numbers 22:7

7 So the elders of Moab and ^dthe elders of Midian departed with ^ethe fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak’s message.

Numbers 22:17

17 ^ffor I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. ^gCome, curse this people for me.’”

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.