Tour · c. 1407 BC

Balaam

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Pethor Num 22:1–21
Balak king of Moab sends princes to Balaam at Pethor by the River: "curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me". God lets him go, but only to speak the word given him.
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Ir-moab Num 22:22–38 · ≈ 640 km in a straight line
On the road the ass sees the angel of the Lord with a drawn sword and speaks; Balak meets Balaam at a city of Moab on the border of the Arnon.
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Kiriath-huzoth Num 22:39–40 · ≈ 25 km in a straight line
They come to Kiriath-huzoth, where Balak offers oxen and sheep and sends to Balaam and the princes with him.
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Bamoth-baal Num 22:41–23:12 · ≈ 26 km in a straight line
From the high places of Baal Balaam sees the edge of the camp; seven altars, and the first oracle: "How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?"
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Pisgah Num 23:13–26 · ≈ 4 km in a straight line
On the top of Pisgah, in the field of Zophim, the second oracle: God is not a man that He should lie; what He has blessed Balaam cannot reverse.
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Peor Num 23:27–24:25
From the top of Peor, looking toward Jeshimon, Balaam blesses the tents of Jacob and sees the far-off king: "there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel". Then he returns to his place.
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Shittim Num 25:1–9 · ≈ 9 km in a straight line, the way is not told
At Shittim the people go after the daughters of Moab and join themselves to Baal-peor; a plague takes twenty-four thousand before Phinehas stays it.
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Midian Num 31:1–16 · ≈ 375 km in a straight line, the way is not told
Israel goes to war on Midian: five kings fall, and "Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword". Moses says the trespass at Peor came "through the counsel of Balaam".
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