Numbers 22:5
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:
KJV
Misit ergo nuntios ad Balaam filium Beor ariolum, qui habitabat super flumen terræ filiorum Ammon, ut vocarent eum, et dicerent : Ecce egressus est populus ex Ægypto, qui operuit superficiem terræ, sedens contra me.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπέστειλεν πρέσβεις πρὸς Βαλαὰμ υἱὸν Βεὼρ Φαθούρα, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ γῆς υἱῶν λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καλέσαι αὐτὸν λέγων Ἰδοὺ λαὸς ἐξελήλυθεν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἰδοὺ κατεκάλυψεν τὴν ὄψιν τῆς γῆς· καὶ οὗτος ἐνκάθηται ἐχόμενός μου.
LXX
And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to 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.
ASV
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֨ח מַלְאָכִ֜ים אֶל בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן בְּע֗וֹר פְּ֠תוֹרָ/ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר עַל הַ/נָּהָ֛ר אֶ֥רֶץ בְּנֵי עַמּ֖/וֹ לִ/קְרֹא ל֑/וֹ לֵ/אמֹ֗ר הִ֠נֵּה עַ֣ם יָצָ֤א מִ/מִּצְרַ֨יִם֙ הִנֵּ֤ה כִסָּה֙ אֶת עֵ֣ין הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/ה֥וּא יֹשֵׁ֖ב מִ/מֻּלִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Jude 1:11 · allusion"Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core."Numbers: the error of Balaam — Jude on greedy false teachers
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:15 — Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
- Deut 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
- Deut 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
- Josh 13:22 — Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
- Josh 13:22 — Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
- Josh 24:9 — Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
- Jude 1:11 — Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
- Mic 6:5 — O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
- Num 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
- Num 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
- Num 23:22 — God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.