KJV King James Version
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
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Joshua 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.
WEB World English Bible
The children of Israel alse killed Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.
ASV American Standard Version
Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones.
Surrounding context — Joshua 13
19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, [which were] dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
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.
23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border [thereof]. This [was] the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
24 And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the tribe of Gad, [even] unto the children of Gad according to their families.
25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that [is] before Rabbah;
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וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בִּלְעָ֥םH1109 · bil.amBalaamבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childבְּע֖וֹרH1160 · be.orBeorהַקּוֹסֵ֑םH7080 · qa.samto divineהָרְג֧וּH2026 · ha.ragto killבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבַּחֶ֖רֶבH2719 · che.revswordאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)חַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃H2491 · cha.lalslain: killed
Cross-references
Numbers 31:8And 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.2 Peter 2:15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.Jude 1:11Woe 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 22:5-7He 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:Numbers 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
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