THEOSISJudges 11:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Unless, perhaps, thou art better than Balac, the son of Sephor, king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel, and fought against him,
וְעַתָּ֗ה הֲט֥וֹב טוֹב֙ אַתָּ֔ה מִבָּלָ֥ק בֶּן־צִפּ֖וֹר מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב הֲר֥וֹב רָב֙ עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־נִלְחֹ֥ם נִלְחַ֖ם בָּֽם׃
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- Mic 6:5O my people, remember, I pray thee, what Balach, the king of Moab, purposed: and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him, from Setim to Galgal, that thou mightest know the justice of the Lord.
- Josh 24:9And Balac son of Sephor king of Moab arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you:
- Josh 24:10And I would not hear him, but on the contrary I blessed you by him, and I delivered you out of his hand.
- Deut 23:3The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:
- Deut 23:4Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee.
- Num 22:2And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite,
- Num 22:21Balaam arose in the morning, and saddling his ass went with them.