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# He sent messengers
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"Balak sent messengers"
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# Beor
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This is the name of Balaam's father.
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# Pethor
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This is the name of a city.
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# of his nation and his people
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"of Balaam's nation and people". The chapter begins a section on Balaam. The king of Moab wanted the prophet Balaam to come and curse Israel. God told him not to go but he wanted to go; so God told him to say only what God wanted him to say. Yahweh was able to use Balaam, even though he was not a prophet of Yahweh.
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# He called him
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"Balak called Balaam." Balak did not speak to Balaam directly, but did so through the messengers he sent.
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# They cover the face of the earth
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"They are extremely numerous"
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# the face of the earth
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This refers to the surface of the earth.
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