Balaam
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them
that were slain; [namely], Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur,
and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor
they slew with the sword....
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Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam;
but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto
thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee....
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And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou
shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed....
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(Hebrew: בִּלְעָם, Standard Bilʻam Tiberian Bilʻām) is a diviner
in the Torah, his story occurring towards the end of the Book
of Numbers. The etymology of his name is uncertain, and
discussed below. Every ancient reference to Balaam considers
him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the son of Beor, though
Beor is not so clearly identified. Though...
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(Son of Beor)
-From Mesopotamia
De 23:4
-A soothsayer
Jos 13:22
-A prophet
Nu 24:2-9; 2Pe 2:15,16
-Balak sends for, to curse Israel
Nu 22:5-7; Jos 24:9; Ne 13:2; Mic 6:5
-Anger of, rebuked by his ass
Nu 22:22-35; 2Pe 2:16
-Counsel of, an occasion of Israel's corruption with the
Midianites
Nu 31:16; Re 2:14,15
-Covetousness of
2Pe 2:1...
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(B.C. 1451), the son of beor, a man endowed with the gift
of prophecy. Nu 22:5 He is mentioned in conjunction with the
five kings of Midian, apparently as a person of the same
rank. Nu 31:8 cf. Numb 31:16
He seems to have lived at Pethor, De 23:4; Nu 22:5
on the river Euphrates, in Mesopotamia. Such was his
reputation that when the Israelites...
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lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by
others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank
among the
Midianites (Num. 31:8; comp. 16). He resided at
Pethor (Deut.
23:4), in Mesopotamia (Num. 23:7). It is evident
that though
dwelling among idolaters he had some knowledge of
the true God;
and was held in such reputation that...
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ba'-lam bil`am, "devourer"): The son of Beor, from a city in
Mesopotamia called Pethor, a man possessing the gift of
prophecy, whose remarkable history may be found in Nu 22:2
through 24:25; compare Num 31:8,16; Dt 23:4; Josh 13:22;
24:9; Neh 13:2; Mic 6:5; 2 Pet 2:15; Jude 1:11; Rev 2:14.
1. History:
When the children of Israel pitched their t...
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(Hebrew balam) "not of the people" (Israel), a "foreigner";
else bilam, "the destroyer of the people," corresponding to
the Greek Nicolaos, "conqueror of the people" (Revelation
2:14-15), namely, by having seduced them to fornication with
the Moabite women (Numbers 25), just as the Nicolaitanes
sanctioned the eating of things sacrificed to ido...
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the ancient of the people; the destruction of the people...
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