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Deuteronomy 23:4

For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

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because 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 from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

KJV

Because 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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
דְּבַ֞רde.Var[the] thingH1697 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher<of> thatH834 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
קִדְּמ֤וּki.de.Muthey metH6923 →
אֶתְכֶם֙'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
בַּלֶּ֣חֶםba.Le.chemwith <the> foodH3899 →
וּבַמַּ֔יִםu.va.Ma.yimand with <the> waterH4325 →
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhon the wayH1870 →
בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣םbe.tze.te.Khemwhen came out youH3318 →
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714 →
וַאֲשֶׁר֩va.'a.Sherand thatH834 →
שָׂכַ֨רsa.Kharhe hiredH7936 →
עָלֶ֜יךָ'a.Lei.khaon youH5921 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בִּלְעָ֣םbil.'AmBalaamH1109 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
בְּע֗וֹרbe.'orBeorH1160 →
מִפְּת֛וֹרmi.pe.Torfrom PethorH6604 →
אֲרַ֥ם'a.RamAramH763 →
נַהֲרַ֖יִםna.ha.Ra.yimNaharaimH763 →
לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃le.Ka.Le.kato curse youH7043 →

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Numbers 22:5he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.Nehemiah 13:2because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)Deuteronomy 2:28–29You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,Numbers 23:7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’Numbers 22:17for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”Numbers 22:5–7he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.Zechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—1 Samuel 25:11Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”Matthew 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”Genesis 24:10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.Genesis 14:17–18After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).Numbers 22:32The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.Judges 8:5So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

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