* sent.
De 23:4 Jos 13:22 24:9 Ne 13:1,2 Mic 6:5 2Pe 2:15,16
* son of Bosor.
Jude 1:11 Re 2:14
* Pethor.
Dr. Kennicott justly remarks, that "the description now given
of Balaam's residence, instead of being particular, agrees
with any place, in any country where there is a river; for he
lived by 'Pethor, which is by the river of the land of his
people.' But was Pethor, then, near the Nile in Egypt? Or in
Canaan, near Jordan? Or in Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates,
and belonging to the Ammonites? This last was in fact the
case; and therefore, it is well that twelve Hebrew MSS. (with
two of De Rossi's) confirm the Samaritan text here, in reading
instead of {(836d)mo,} 'his people,' Ammon, with the Syriac and
Vulgate versions." Houbigant justly contends for this
reading; and necessity urges the propriety of adopting it:
and it thus agrees with De 23:4. Ptolemy calls Pethor,
Pachura, and Eusebius, Pathura; who places it in upper
Mesopotamia. Calmet is of opinion, that it was situated
towards Thapsacus, beyond the Euphrates.
23:7 De 23:4
* they cover.
Ge 13:16 Ex 1:7-10 Ps 105:24
* face. Heb. eye.
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