Numbers 22:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Sent

Revelation 2:14

Pethor

Deuteronomy 23:4

Deuteronomy 23:4

They cover

Genesis 13:16

Exodus 1:7

Psalm 105:24

General references

Numbers 22:10

Bible References

Sent

because they met you not with bread and water in the way when ye came out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, the interpreter of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

And Balaam, also, the son of Beor, the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword, among other that were slain.

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor for to curse you.

And what time as the book of Moses was read in the ears of the people there was found written therein, that the Ammonites and Moabites should never come into the congregation of God,

Remember, O my people, what Balak the king of Moab had imagined against thee, and what answer that Balaam the son of Beor gave him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the loving-kindness of the LORD.

and have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, which loved the reward of unrighteousness:

But I have a few things against thee: that thou hast, there, they that maintain the doctrine of Balaam, which taught in Balak to put occasion of sin before the children of Israel, that they should eat of meat dedicated unto idols, and to commit fornication.

Pethor

because they met you not with bread and water in the way when ye came out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, the interpreter of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

They cover

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

the children of Israel grew, increased, multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty: so that the land was full of them.

But he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger than their enemies,

General references

And Balaam said unto God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,