So he sent messengers to (A)Balaam the son of Beor, at (B)Pethor, which is near the Euphrates River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they have covered the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

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(A)because they did not meet you with [a]food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you (B)Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of [b]Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:4 Lit bread
  2. Deuteronomy 23:4 Heb Aram-naharaim

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