Numbers 22:5-7

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⁵sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor,^(A) who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River,^(B) in his native land. Balak said:

“A people has come out of Egypt;^(C) they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me. ⁶Now come and put a curse^(D) on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land.^(E) For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”

⁷The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them the fee for divination.^(F) When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.

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Joshua 24:9

New International Version

⁹When Balak son of Zippor,^(A) the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor^(B) to put a curse on you.^(C)

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Joshua 24:9 in all English translations

Nehemiah 13:2

New International Version

²because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam^(A) to call a curse down on them.^(B) (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)^(C)

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Nehemiah 13:2 in all English translations

Micah 6:5

New International Version

⁵My people, remember
    what Balak^(A) king of Moab plotted
    and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim^(B) to Gilgal,^(C)
    that you may know the righteous acts^(D) of the Lord.”