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Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Joshua 13:22 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB The children of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.
  • BSB The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.
  • NKJV The children of Israel also killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, among those who were killed by them.
  • NASB The sons of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword among the rest of their dead.
  • NLT The Israelites had also killed Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.

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Quick answer

Among those slain was Balaam son of Beor, the soothsayer, killed by Israel with the sword.

Overview

Balaam, hired to curse Israel but compelled to bless them (Numbers 22-24), had then counseled Moab to seduce Israel into sin (Numbers 31:16). His death by the sword is recorded as a fitting judgment on his greed and treachery. The New Testament holds him up as a warning against loving the wages of unrighteousness (2 Peter 2:15; Jude 11).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 7

  • Num 31:8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
  • 2 Pet 2:15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
  • Jude 1:11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
  • Rev 2:14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
  • Num 22:5–7He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of 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:
  • Num 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
  • Rev 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.

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