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Balaam Scripture - Numbers 22:12

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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Balaam in Wikipedia

(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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Balaam Scripture - Numbers 31:8

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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Balaam Scripture - Deuteronomy 23:5

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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Balaam in Naves Topical Bible

(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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Balaam in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Balaam in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Balaam in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the ancient of the people; the destruction of the people...

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Balaam in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Balaam in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(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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