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Numbers 22:5Num.22.5

He 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:

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il envoya des messagers auprès de Balaam, fils de Beor, à Pethor sur le fleuve, dans le pays des fils de son peuple, afin de l'appeler et de lui dire: Voici, un peuple est sorti d'Egypte, il couvre la surface de la terre, et il habite vis-à-vis de moi.

KJV

He 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:

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Onomasticon

    Ζαρέ (Num 21, 12). μέρος τι τῆς ἐρήμου. Φρέαρ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐρήμου (Num 21, 16). ἔνθα ἦν ὁ λαός. Φαθουρά (Num 22, 5). ὑπὲρ τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν πόλις, ἔνθα ἦν Βαλαάμ. κεῖται δὲ καὶ πλησίον Ἐλευθεροπόλεως ἄλλη τις κώμη Φαθουρά, κατιόντων εἰς Γάζαν. Φογὼρ (Num 23, 28) καὶ Βηθφογώρ. ὄρος ἐν Μ…

  • Eusebius Caesariensis

    Onomasticon

    Ζαρε ̣Num 21, 12̣. μερος τι της ερημου. Φρεαρ επι της ερημου ̣Num 21, 16̣. ενθα ην ο λαος. Φαθουρα ̣Num 22, 5̣. υπερ την Μεσοποταμιαν πολις, ενθα ην Βαλααμ. κειται δε και πλησιον Ἐλευθεροπολεως αλλη 27 Ερευνητικο εργο: ∆ΡΟΜΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΗΣ – ΨΗΦΙΑΚΗ ΠΑΤΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Εργαστηριο ∆ιαχειριση…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 181 (Migne)

    b eis. Nam neque vel ariolum habent ullum, id est talem prophetam, [Col. 0056A] qualis erat Balaam (Num. XXII, 5) . Ipse enim fuit ariolus, et tamen ei loquebatur Dominus, et ostendebat pleraque secreta sua. Nam saepe etiam per alienigenas futura dicebantur, sicut ab isto Balaam…

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