(A)He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor (which is by the [a]river of the land of the children of his folk) to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which cover the face of the earth, and lie over against me.

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  1. Numbers 22:5 To wit, Euphrates, upon the which stood this city Pethor.

sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor,(A) who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River,(B) in his native land. Balak said:

“A people has come out of Egypt;(C) they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.

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Because they [a]met you not with bread and water in the way, when ye came out of Egypt, and (A)because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor in Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:4 Hereby he condemneth all that further not the children of God in their vocation.

For they did not come to meet you with bread and water(A) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam(B) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim[a](C) to pronounce a curse on you.(D)

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:4 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia