Pethor

Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

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Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

The Bible, King James version, Book 4: Numbers Anonymous

And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the

Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Richard Green Moulton 1886

Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me. '

Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren 1868

Moab "sent messengers to Balaam, son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the river of his people's land", and this Pethor is usually identified with Pitru of the Assyrian inscriptions, a city on the Euphrates (cf. Cath.

The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954

¶ An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 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 Ba'laam the son of Be'or of Pethor of Mesopota'mi-a, to curse thee.

Deuteronomy 23. 1999

Balaam also had his dwelling in his city Pethor, by the river of the land of the children of his people.

The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

Euphrates, and to identify _Pethor_ with a _Pitru_ on a tributary of the

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

Balak, king of Moab, alarmed at the conquests of Israel, sends the princes of Moab to Balaam at _Pethor_ on the

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

Thence it is two days to Balis [111], which is Pethor on the river Euphrates, and unto this day there stands the turret of Balaam, which he built to tell the hours of the day.

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela