§ 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 · פְּ֠תוֹרָהand he sendeth messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, ‘Lo, a people hath come out of Egypt; lo, it hath covered the eye of the land, and it is abiding over-against me;Deuteronomy 23:4 · מִפְּת֛וֹרbecause that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile thee;