Nave’s Topical Bible
Pethor
2 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
(A city in Mesopotamia)
- Home of the prophet Balaam
Bible verses about “Pethor”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Numbers 22:5He 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:
- Deuteronomy 23:4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.