Numbers 22:5 Cross References - Rotherham

⁵ So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Boor, to Pethor, which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him,––saying––Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt, Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea, he, is tarrying over against me.

¹⁶ and I will make thy seed, as the dust of the earth,––so that, if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.

⁷ But, the sons of Israel, were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied and waxed mighty, with, exceeding vigour,––so that the land was filled with them.
⁸ Then arose a new king over Egypt,––who had not known Joseph. ⁹ So he said unto his people, Lo! the people of the sons of Israel, are too many and mighty for us! ¹⁰ Come on! let us shew ourselves wise with regard to them, lest they so multiply that it shall come to pass, when war befalleth us, that, they also, shall join themselves unto them who hate us, and shall make war upon us, and then go up out of the land.

⁷ So he took up his parable and said,––From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.

⁴ because they met you not with bread and water, in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt,––but hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

²² Balaam also son of Beor, the diviner, did the sons of Israel slay with the sword among their slain.

⁹ Then rose up Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, and made war with Israel,––and sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you;

¹ On that day, a portion, was read in the book of Moses, in the ears of the people,––and it was found written therein, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not enter into the convocation of God, unto times age–abiding; ² because they met not the sons of Israel, with bread and with water,––but hired against them Balaam, to curse them, although our God turned the curse into a blessing.

²⁴ And he made his people exceeding fruitful,––And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.

⁵ O my people! remember, I pray you, what Balak king of Moab, counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor, answered him,––from the Acacias as far as Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Yahweh.

¹⁵ Forsaking a straight path, they have gone astray, following out the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved, a reward of wrong, ¹⁶ But had, a reproof, of his own transgression, a dumb beast of burden, in man’s voice, finding utterance, forbade the prophet’s madness.

¹¹ Alas for them! because––in the way of Cain have they gone, and, in the error of Balaam’s wage, have they run riot, and, in the gainsaying of Korah, have they perished.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have against thee, a few things,––that thou hast there, such as hold fast the teaching of Balaam,––who went on to teach Balak to throw a cause of stumbling before the sons of Israel, to eat idol–sacrifices and to commit lewdness: