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Joshua 13:22

in Joshua 13

The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.

KJV

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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This verse in Joshua 13

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Were slain by them - This was recorded before, Num. xxxi, 8, and is here repeated, because the defeating of Balaam's purpose to curse Israel, and the turning that curse into a blessing, was such an instance of the power and goodness of God, as was fit to be had in everlasting remembrance.

This site's exposition

unto the tribe of the children

on Joshua 13:15-23

Reuben's towns carry the names of the gods Israel had fallen to a generation before. Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon at verse 17 and Beth-peor at verse 20 are Baal's high places, Numbers 25:1-3 records what Israel did at Baal-peor, and Deuteronomy 34:6 buries Moses in a valley over against Beth-peor. Verse 22 is the only place in Scripture that calls Balaam a soothsayer, and it sets his death among the slain of Midian, which closes Numbers 31:8. Heshbon at the head of the list had been Moab's before Sihon took it at Numbers 21:26, and Isaiah 16:8 and Jeremiah 48 find Moab holding these same towns again long after Reuben is gone.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • בִּלְעָ֥םBalaam

    bilamH1109 →61 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • בְּע֖וֹרBeor

    beorH1160 →

  • הַקּוֹסֵ֑םthe diviner

    hakosemH7080 →

  • הָרְג֧וּthey killed

    hareguH2026 →167 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בַּחֶ֖רֶבwith the sword

    bacherevH2719 →413 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • חַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃slain [ones] their

    chaleihemH2491 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’18 worksNumbers 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.6 worksRevelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.5 worksJude 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.5 works2 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.5 worksNumbers 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.4 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.4 worksRevelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.2 worksJeremiah 27:9But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’2 worksNumbers 24:25Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jude 1:11

    Woe 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.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 2:14

      But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Peter 2:15

      They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 John 3:12

      Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

    • Genesis 4:3–14

      So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,

  • Through

    Revelation 2:14

    But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 31:16

      “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Revelation 2:20

      But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

    • Numbers 25:1–3

      While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

  • Through

    2 Peter 2:15

    They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

    it leads to

    • Jude 1:11

      Woe 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.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.

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