Balaam
from Pethor of Mesopotamia (NUM 22:5, DEUT 23:4)
Personmale59 verses
Names
- Balaam — בִּלְעָ֣ם biləam “[poss.] Baal [lord] of the people; [poss.] the clan brings forth; devourer, glutton” · Βαλααμ Balaam — Numbers 22:5
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Moab 1 — 7 shared verses
- Egypt — 2 shared verses
- Midian — 2 shared verses
- Peor — 2 shared verses
- Pethor — 2 shared verses
- Amaw — 1 shared verse
- Arnon — 1 shared verse
- Bamoth-baal — 1 shared verse
- Gilgal 1 — 1 shared verse
- Ir-moab — 1 shared verse
- Jeshimon — 1 shared verse
- Kiriath-huzoth — 1 shared verse
and 3 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
- Numbers 22:5
- Numbers 22:7
- Numbers 22:8
- Numbers 22:9
- Numbers 22:10
- Numbers 22:12
- Numbers 22:13
- Numbers 22:14
- Numbers 22:16
- Numbers 22:18
- Numbers 22:20
- Numbers 22:21
and 47 further references.
Topical references
- From Mesopotamia — Deuteronomy 23:4
- A soothsayer — Joshua 13:22
- A prophet — Numbers 24:2; 2 Peter 2:15; 2 Peter 2:16
- Balak sends for, to curse Israel — Numbers 22:5; Joshua 24:9; Nehemiah 13:2; Micah 6:5
- Anger of, rebuked by his ass — Numbers 22:22; 2 Peter 2:16
- Counsel of, an occasion of Israel's corruption with the Midianites — Numbers 31:16; Revelation 2:14; Revelation 2:15
- Covetousness of — 2 Peter 2:15
- Death of — Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:22
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.