Joshua 13:22
in Joshua 13The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.
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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
5 notes on this verseWere 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
what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben
on Joshua 13:15-23
Verse 22 is the only verse that calls Balaam a diviner, and it sets his death among the slain of Midian, closing Numbers 31:8. Heshbon had been Moab's before Sihon took it at Numbers 21:26, and Isaiah 16:8 and Jeremiah 48 find Moab holding these towns again.
This site's exposition
the diviner Balaam son of Beor
John Wesley explains why Balaam's death is told again after Numbers 31:8. His failed curse on Israel was meant to be remembered. Deuteronomy 23:5 says the same, that the LORD turned the curse into a blessing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Balaam also, the son of Beor the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword,.... At the same time that the princes of Midian were slain, and which is also observed; see Gill on Num 31:
If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בִּלְעָ֥ם | bilam | Balaam | H1109 → | 61 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בְּע֖וֹר | beor | Beor | H1160 → | |
| הַקּוֹסֵ֑ם | hakosem | the diviner | H7080 → | |
| הָרְג֧וּ | haregu | they killed | H2026 → | 167 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בַּחֶ֖רֶב | bacherev | with the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ | chaleihem | slain [ones] their | H2491 → |
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.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 1:11Woe 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.
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,
- Revelation 2:14
Through
Revelation 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…
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,
- Numbers 31:16
Through
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.
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.
- Jude 1:11
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.