§ Pethor = "soothsayer" a town of Mesopotamia and the home of Balaam; located on a river
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H6604 — פְּתוֹר
pe.tor · Pethor · Hebrew/Aramaic
2 tagged verse occurrences
Numbers 22:5 · פְּ֠תוֹרָהHe 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:Deuteronomy 23:4 · מִפְּת֛וֹרBecause 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.